1. So dogged were Frances Perkins' investigations of the garment industry, and her lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt reccruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.

A. and here lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent,

B. and lobbying for wage and hour reform was persistent, so that

C. her lobbying for wage and hour reform persistent, that

D. lobbying for wage and hour reform was so persistent,

E. so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that

答案选E, 难道系动词were 在此不用补足吗? D为什么不对呀?

2. Providing initial evidence that airport are a larger source of pollution than they were once believed to be, enviromentalists in Chicago report that the total amount of pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at O' Hare International airport is twice as much as that which is being emitted annually by all motor vechicles in the Chicago metropolitan area.

A. as much as that which is being emitted annually by all

B. as much annually as is emiited by the

C. as much compared to what is annually emitted by all

D. that emitted annually by all

E. that emitted annuall compared to the

答案选D. twice不是最常搭配 as ....as 吗? B 答案错难道就是因为把all改成the?

请指教.

1.so...,so..., that.... consistant with the parallel rule.

2.twice as ..as , or twice sth are right. In B, as much as annually , since lacking "that" between as and annually.., it is unidiomatic.

1， 注意平行 2， 注意省略

二题 同意楼上的