大全22

poorleafs

22.A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.
(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as
正确答案C
请问为什么后半段用复数形式there were，如果用there was对不对呢？
E是不是比倒了啊？

alanguo

前几天刚因为这个题恶战一番。我倒认为four times...是来形容pupils的。这题没意思，写法不工整。老美放个屁，我们就得嗅出个味来。。。。

llyliuliyum

我也不知道为什么不用there wasE，
1）我觉得错在has， 原句表达一种存在而不是主动拥有，
2）而且E中four times as many as 补充说明什么呢？？是every thirty-two pupils还是one microcomputer？？似乎不如one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils,（一个比例）是four times as many as there were（另一个比例）表达清楚
一家之言，不知道对不对，请牛人来指点吧

daoying

对哦,为什么用were不用was, 我没想过这问题,有人解释一下吗>
e有比倒之嫌,但后面是跟four years ago比,错,呵呵.

luoye1

我觉得C中应该用there were, 因为前面说得是每....人有一台电脑,虽然是表达为there is one....,但其隐含的意思是有很多台电脑,而不是只有一台,而且,as...as 后面比较的也是整体情况,如果要用there was, 后面就应该将one for every... 补充完整,否则只能用there were.

对于E,我同意dreadpower的观点, 不过,补充一点: ETS在考察as...as 比较的时候,若比较的分别是现在情况和过去的,则as...as前面用现在一般时,as...as 后面一定要用过去一般时简略重述一下,否则不可取.

apply1

我个人觉得可以象如下这样理解，不过我不保证正确啊。
１、先举一个简单点的例子
　　There are 8 computers in this classroom, 4 times as many as there ( ) in that classroom.
　　上面这个例子要表达的这个教室有８台电脑，是那个教室里的四倍。谁都知道括号里应该填写的是are，而不是is。
２、变换一下
　　There are 8 students in this class room.
　　There is one computer for every student, four times as many as there ( ) in that classroom.
　　这个句子比上面那个句子加了一个前提，就是教师里有8个学生。每个学生有一台。描述的是同样一个道理，你觉得括号里应该是填are还是is呢？
３、如何解释这个题目
　　前半句there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils和后半句there were four years ago，它们两句话所表达的倍数关系是什么物质的倍数关系呢？肯定是电脑台数的倍数关系，并不是平均每台电脑的使用频率上的倍数关系。既然是电脑台数的倍数关系，那么我们可以肯定，四年前肯定不是只有一台电脑吧。那么肯定要用were。前半句是用一台电脑的使用人数来表达电脑的台数，后半句直接使用数字个数来表达电脑的台数，所以要用复数。
４、大家再看一个句子
　　There is one computer for every 4 student in this classroom, four times as frequently used as there () in that classroom.
　　大家想想看，这个题目要用are还是is。
不知道讲清楚了没有，如果没有可以再问。