[求助] og242 question

wretdgdh

Even their most ardent champions concede that no less than a technical or scientific breakthrough is necessary before solar cells can meet the goal of providing one percent of the nation’s energy needs. (A) that no less than a technical or scientific breakthrough is necessary (B) that nothing other than a technical or scientific breakthrough is needed (C) that a technical or scientific breakthrough is necessary (D) the necessity for an occurrence of a technical or scientific breakthrough (E) the necessity for a technical or scientific breakthrough occurring the answer is C. Why the answer is not A? “no less than” here is to emphasize that it is a technical or scientific breakthrough rather than anything else that is necessary. Why “no less than” or “nothing other than” could be dropped? Is there some Gaoshou can help to clarify this issue? Thanks a lot.

teyvhf

其实我看了好几遍了，但是没有很好的理由。一个不是理由的理由，就是ETS喜欢简洁的表达方式，其实在XDF的补充材料里也有很多这样的例子。KAPLAN里的一种论调更是极端，说，你看这个句子比那个句子短吧，就是对的。但是，我觉得这道题，其实no less than ... is necessary 和 ... is necessary表达的意思并没有特别的区别，因为是necessary，是必要条件，是假设，所以....