明天上战场，急求高手帮解答两道老语法题

kennybigmouth

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount


Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

a. movies—less than those
b. movies—fewer than have been
c. movies, which is less than those
d. movies, a number lower than the people
e. movies, fewer than the ones

今天做了新的prep。给的答案都是B，我怎么感觉不对呢，求大神们指教

pigman007

第一个比较大是drive-ins 也就是复数，所以 amount 不对，less 不对，the number不对

第二个的话, 比较的也是人数, 所以less、 a number 不对，再排出C，剩下B和E。the ones 的话是特指，这里应该是泛指，所以用those

以上

筱霏1990

不是高手啊，但是我之前也看到过这个题，用fewer不用less的原因都是因为4000那个指代的露天电影院的可数，下面那题神马movies应该是同位语吧，发正可以盖住不看，比较的是被鲨鱼和蜂杀死的人的吧~

AngelinaS

第一题，amount修饰不可数名词，因此不能修饰4000 drive-ins；as many 表示同样的数字，用法无错。
第二题，典型的并列， 与have been killed by the great white shark并列。比较的主体是被蜜蜂杀死的人数与被鲨鱼杀死的人数。
因此都选B

泾渭不凡

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950’s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
A. there are less than one-quarter that many
B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many
C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount
E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount

今天做了新的prep。给的答案都是B，我怎么感觉不对呢，求大神们指教

-- by 会员 kennybigmouth (2012/4/4 17:16:56)

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-448774-1-1.html

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/when-drive-ins-were-at-the-height-of-their-popularity-in-the-t6550.html

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-351532-1-1.html

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-326900-1-1.html（这个是楼最高的一个。）

以上链接应该能解决问题了，LZ加油。

rukawa

请问第2题如果the man-eater of the movies做插入语，前面用逗号，后面用破折号，插入语这样用可以么？。。。通常插入语应如何插入呀？。。谢谢~

泾渭不凡

Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

a. movies—less than those
b. movies—fewer than have been
c. movies, which is less than those
d. movies, a number lower than the people
e. movies, fewer than the ones

今天做了新的prep。给的答案都是B，我怎么感觉不对呢，求大神们指教

-- by 会员 kennybigmouth (2012/4/4 17:16:56)

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-657713-1-1.html

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-578514-1-1.html?postid=15213934&searchmode=TopicContent&searchtext=Only seven people this c

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_SC/thread-542498-1-1.html

泾渭不凡

请问第2题如果the man-eater of the movies做插入语，前面用逗号，后面用破折号，插入语这样用可以么？。。。通常插入语应如何插入呀？。。谢谢~

-- by 会员 rukawa (2012/4/4 18:23:17)

已经上链接~牛牛们的解释还是看原汁原味的好~~转述容易出现“噪音”~加油~
^-^