请教问题

casualwalk

22.A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.
(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as
the key:C。

为什么C中用复数were，想请教--摆脱,thanks.

alanguo

老兄，我想four times as many as there were是来修饰pupils的，不是microcomputer。

woodruff1

后面省略了microcomputers。

前面是one microcomputer所以只能用is，其实是可数名词数量（即复数）比较的概念。

alanguo

要是比较microcomputer,你不觉得很别扭吗？

casualwalk

现在是过去的4倍，那过去不是0。25台吗，为什么用复数啊？谢谢

2、90.Although Napoleon’s army entered Russia with far more supplies than they had in their previous campaigns, it had provisions for only twenty-four days.
(A) they had in their previous campaigns
(B) their previous campaigns had had
(C) they had for any previous campaign
(D) in their previous campaigns
(E) for any previous campaign
the key:E。

如果补全的话，E该怎么补啊，非常感谢。

alanguo

it had for any previous campaign