9. In 1979 lack of rain reduced India’s rice productionto about 41 million tons, nearly 25 percent less than those of the 1978 harvest.
(A) less than those of the 1978 harvest
(B) less than the 1978 harvest
(E) fewer than that of India’s 1978 harvest
A This version exhibits redundant word choice. Thepronoun those refers to the tons of the 1978 harvest.Both harvests are measured in tons, and it is clearer and simpler to comparewith the harvest itself, not with the tons of the harvest.
B Correct. This version correctly compares the 1978harvest with the 1979 harvest.
虽说答案可以解释为什么选B,可是这题做的时候的思路应该如何弄呢?这个考点到底是什么?抽象名词(harvest)代具体名词(41millions)?其中,这题OG还说了 :It helps if you think of 41 million tons ofrice as the collective equivalent of the 1979 harvest.
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