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Intended primarily to stimulate family summer travel, the new airfare, which allows both an adult and a child to fly for the price of one ticket, and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than fourteen.
(A) and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
(B) and also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(C) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than that of
(D) also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(E) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
AnswerE)
我選(C)
補上 that of 剛好就是 a minimum of fourteen
這樣不對嗎 ?
謝謝

sammen

因为这里是相同的东西啊,省略比较好.furthermore,that指代的是和前面提到的同一类的东西,而不是前面的东西.这里很明显是that=minium,

merit

问题在于RATHER THAN的考察重点（不同于MORE THAN， AS...AS等）在

于对称，而非简化指代。

完整的应该是：

TO A MINIMUM OF SEVEN DAYS RATHER THAN TO A MINIMUM OF FOURTEENDAYS

或者：

TO A MINIMUM OF SEVEN DAYS RATHER THAN FOURTEEN （DAYS）

其前后应该完全一致。

asasasas1

这题是考对于简洁原理的理解。按ETS的说法，只要去掉之后不影响意思的理

解，没有语法错误的情况下，可简洁就简洁。

对于这道题目，就象wyks mm说的那样，补充完整的那两种说法也是可以的，但是

既便是把这两种说法放在选项中，最好也还是选省略的”简洁“说法。