prep 222 GWD-1-Q34

allygmat7

222.
(GWD-1-Q34)Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

A.people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their

B.people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the

C.fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States's, their

D.the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the (B)

E.the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the

解释：
D.the rate of fatty foods错，不是food的rate，而应该是consuming foods的rate；rate应改为rates。

E.the rate of people错误，不是people的rate。rate应改为rates。


解释D说不是food 的rate，题目里已经出现了the rate of fatty foods consumed， 意思应该也是consuming foods的rate，不是吗？
NN们，帮我解释解释，感激啊~。。。

georgina1107

同问……  我也觉得D E还挺像对的 而且E是主动 可能更好

weixuan

If you choose the singular form of rate, then the sentence of "The rate . . . is about the same" is meaningless since you cannot have a valid comparison between two countries using only one rate. What the stimulus want to say is that the rate of food consumption in France and the rate of food consumption in US are about the same, but the death rates in these two countries are different.

In fact, if you pay attention to the words "death rates" in the stimulus, you already know the right choice of words in either D or E - rates!