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meimei5656

Q16: 原答案C现选B

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

1. a greater proportion than it was
2. a greater proportion than
3. a greater proportion than they have been
4. which is greater than was so
5. which is greater than it has been

为什么c不对啦？

jojof5460

C的they指代谁? 从逻辑上应该指代"比例",从语法上复数they无法指代单数proportion,只能往前指代costs,逻辑错误,此其一. 其二,即使逻辑上没有问题,they可以指代costs,那么后面的have been是什么意思? 成本曾经是如何? 跟前面的accounted for动词不对应,要对应就得用have done.

meimei5656

thanks  a  lot  !!!

steveyangxt

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than the pro[portion that soaring television costs accounted(had accounted)for in any previous election. 这是完全版，按照省略法则， 把该省的省去就可以了。