42.According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice

[C]

请问B为什么不对？这里的likely到底是什么，和as...as...，more...than...这些固定搭配有什么关系嘛？

大全里的38题也

38.According to a recent study, the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as to receive it from them.
(A) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children as
(B) the elderly in the United States are four times as likely to give regular financial aid to their children as it is for them
(C) the elderly in the United States are four times more likely to give regular financial aid to their children than
(D) it is four times more likely for the elderly in the United States to give regular financial aid to their children than they are
(E) it is four times as likely that the elderly in the United States will give their children regular financial aid as they are

[C]

谢谢指教～

likely的作用搞清楚了

be likely to do

但这2道题而言

42题翻过前人的帖子说more likely than are本来就会引起歧义，用as likely as更好，但38题不是就用了嘛

困惑ing...

要么more...than..，要么as...as...，结构一定要完整的。

thanks  a  lot !!!