GWD 补充题 24-20

skyguard2000

我再顶！

juningw

支持D。其中省略了those，这样的例子比比皆是。

E破坏了平衡！！！charging是个大问题。

Yingersh

支持D, 从OG上能找到的所有例子来看，凡是前后两个分句主语相同的，后一个分句都省略的主语，而另外两个例子中，去比较的是宾语本，所以后一分句需要补充完整主语及谓语部分。

不知道这样的理解是否正确？

Candace

我开始也选了D，但是现在看来好像D有歧义，因为charge可作名词“费用”，这样的话就不和institutions平行了。

不知道这样对不对？

Melissa99

希望继续讨论到底是D还是E. 我也有同感觉得D有点歧异，但是E 又很古怪。

nicoleliu

help!!! NNs

I prefer E...E is clear

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-5-23 23:51:32编辑过]

小女公子

24-20 According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College an University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge

B) than are charging

C) than to charge

D) as charge

E) as those charging

引下来。我选的e，现在想了半天选了D。我想请教一下这句话的翻译

小女公子

up up  

melodyji

E pay attention to the comparative component and the verd "charge"

If you think theses two sentences belowing over, you can find the structure are simple and the subjects are followed by the comparable components directly, the structure avoiding ambiguity

1.        According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.

(A) equivalent to the enrollment of

(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in

(C) equal to those who are enrolled in

(D) as many as the enrollment of（E）

(E) as many as are enrolled in

according to OG187, I choose D:

187. In one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought at LACE>Sharpsburg, MarylandLACE>, on ATE Year="1862" Day="17" Month="9">September 17, 1862ATE>, four times as many Americans were killed as would later be killed on the beaches of LACE>NormandyLACE> during D-Day.

(A) Americans were killed as

(B) Americans were killed than

(C) Americans were killed than those who

(D) more Americans were killed as there（A）

(E) more Americans were killed as those who

Choice A, the best answer, is the only option that accurately expresses the comparison by using the idiomatic form as many... as. In B and C, as many... than is unidiomatic, and in C and E, those who is a wordy intrusion. In D and E, more is redundant because the phrase four times as many in the original sentence conveys the idea of more.

frxiao

definitely E

Let's make it easier to understand:

Three times as many institutions charge 5 dollars as charge 12 dollars. What does this mean? The same institutions not only charge 5 dollars, but also 12 dollars? Even so, where does "three times as many as" come from? Quite absurd...

So the right phrasing should be like: Three times as many institutions charge 5 dollars as those charging 12 dollars. It means that some insitutions charge 12 dollars while some others charge 5 dollars.