记得MarieMM讲过一道关于than usual (is usual)的题目；fficeffice" />

当时MarieMM对A is heavier than is usual的解释是：与其说A普通不如说A重；(原题找不出来了）

当时MarieMM还举了OG例子

253. Analysts blamed May’s sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of barbecue grills and lawn furniture.

(A) colder and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed

(B) which was colder and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing

(C) since it was colder and wetter than usually in some regions, which slowed

(D) being colder and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing（B）

(E) having been colder and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed

Choice B is the best answer. It is concise and idiomatic, and which has a clear referent, the weather. In A, the insertion of was is unnecessary, and the referent of which is not clear because regions, not weather, is the nearest noun. In C, the adjective usual is needed in place of the adverb usually, and the referent of which is unclear because regions, not weather, is the nearest noun. In D and E, the verb phrases (being colder..., having been colder...) do not refer as clearly to the noun weather as the pronoun which does. Choice D needs the adjective usual in place of the adverb usually, while choice E fails to maintain parallelism in verb tense (having been... and slowed).

可是，这样下面的23题有点问题

答案B的意思是：与其说G普通，不如说G大.

23

The grasshopper is larger than normal for a member of insects class; its abdomen can be up to two inches in length, as opposed to one-inch-long abdomen of the average insect.

1. normal
2. is normal
3. was normal
4. they normally are
5. they are normally

解释：

我现在就死记新东方德教条了，下面三句话：

1、I am taller than are you.

2、I am taller than you are.

3、I am taller than you. 在实际选项中，1比2好，2比3好。[em11]

我认为23题中normal并非我们平时看到的那种than normal后面什么都没有的结构，这里的normal后有一串东西，所以应该把normal for a menber of insects class作为一个和grasshopper对等的比较对象，因此，这里应该补出is。不过，说实话，在考场里我多半不会多考虑A就上了。fficeffice" /> 不过，是个好题。