Dear friends,
pls. help me to resolve the following questions. thanks a lot.
14．During the Great Depression , industrial output fell by nearly fifty percent from its peak in 1929 down to its nadir in 1933.
(A) During the Great Depression , industrial output fell by nearly fifty percent from its peak in 1929 down to its nadir in 1933
(B) During the Great Depression , industrial output fell by nearly fifty percent from its peak in 1929 to its nadir in 1933
(C) At the time of the Great Depression, industrial output fell by almost fifty percent from its 1929 peak down to its 1933 nadir
(D) At the time of the Great Depression, industrial output fell by almost fifty percent from it peak in 1929, by nearly fifty percent, to its nadir in 1933
(E) During the Great Depression, industrial output fell from its peak in 1929 to its nadir in 1933 by nearly fifty percent
pls. analyze A.B.E
20．The use of chemical pesticides in this country is (equally extensive or more so than ten years ago).
(A) equally extensive or more so than ten years ago
(B) equal to or more extensive than ten years ago
(C) as extensive as ten years ago or more
(D) equal to, if not more, than ten years ago
(E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so
pls. analyze C.E.
16．Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years (as old as any of their supposed) Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly
pls. analyze A.B.
11． 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) as many as are enrolled in
pls. analyze D.E
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