[求助]想了好久还是不知道GWD26-Q20

martinawys

20. GWD26-Q20

In 1981 children in the United States spent an average of slightly less than two and a half hours a week doing household chores; by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week.

 

A. chores; by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week

B. chores; by 1997 that figure had grown to nearly six hours a week

C. chores, whereas nearly six hours a week were spent in 1997

D. chores, compared with a figure of nearly six hours a week in 1997

E. chores, that figure growing to nearly six hours a week in 1997

这应该跟句子结构有关吧。。。

正确选B  可是我觉得D也可以啊。。。

请高人们指点 谢谢

tomrchu

D逻辑主语不一致，比较不对等，compare children with a figure
Compared with a figure of nearly six hours a week in 1997, children in the

United States spent an average of slightly less than two and a half hours

a week doing household chores in 1981.

xiayizhang

看起来，A的表达中，they的指代不明确，可能指代chores.

davidsfo

A明显时态不对

tjbian78

i chose B too

seaskyangs

那A呢

audiencer

I guess D is vague because you can't easily to find the subject of

"compared with".

So B is better.