less的用法?

suse

101. Even though the direct costs of malpractice disputes amounts to a sum lower than one percent of the $541 billion the nation spent on health care last year, doctors say fear of lawsuits plays a major role in health-care inflation.

amounts to a sum lower
amounts to less
amounted to less
amounted to lower
amounted to a lower sum

答案是B,why?

98. The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world's capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village--almost instantaneously.

integrated more closely than never before and
closely integrated more than ever before so
more closely integrated as never before while
more closely integrated than ever before and that
more than ever before closely integrated as

　
answer is D, 我不明白 more closely intergrater that 和closely intergrater more than的区别,

Kilroy

101 应该选C
前半句有last year,用一般过去时，less用于数量比较，lower用于长度，fewer修饰人
98  选D最主要是要和前面的that从句平行，而且than never before肯定错

princess

more总是放在修饰对象的前面的吧

zyh79

101。less在这里作名词
     a sum lower表达累赘，就是less，
     fewer是形容词
98。 more than 有自身的意思，常表达为比。。。多,more为much/many的比较级
     这里more +closely构成形容词比较级。

tongxun

zyh79：把OG 翻烂了吧？哈哈

suse

oh, thx,我明白了，