764.The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970’s.

(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than

(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than

(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were

(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had

(E) extinction, now with numbers five times greater than

依稀记得新东方老师说过than后面不能直接加时间状语，这个题的正确选项A作何解亚？

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843. The use of chemical pesticides in this country is equally

extensive or more so than ten years ago.

(A) equally extensive or more so than ten years ago

(B) equal to or more extensive than ten years ago

(C) as extensive as ten years ago or more

(D) equal to, if not more, than ten years ago（E）

(E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so

这个题我选的是B，错误的原因似乎就是因为than后面不能加时间状语地说。。

讲不太清楚， 不过你看一个是介词短语或壮语从句， 可以理解为省略。但是直接出现名词就认为作为比较对象了， 不认为是省略。