求助GWD-10-Q21

pangpangshin

Despite the growingnumber of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives areconvinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellersto automatic teller machines, many travelers will still use travel agents.

A.     growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online,airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customersstill prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will
B.     growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online,airline executives are convinced , just as one-third of bank customers stillprefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would
C.     growing number of people purchasing plane tickets online,airline executives are convinced , just as one-third of bank customers stillprefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, many travelerswill
D.     fact that the number of people purchasing plane ticketsonline is growing, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bankcustomers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines,that many travelers would
E.      fact that the number of people who purchase plane ticketsonline are growing, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third ofbank customers still prefer human tellers compared with automatic tellermachines, many travelers would
答案选A,我选C
我不明白一个to可以表示比较的意思吗？Just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines
C中如果不是少了一个that是不是更好呢？
请NN帮忙解答，谢谢

mudiduanger

NN一语中的。 compare常用的两种结构：compare with/to比较结构，比较对象。

pangpangshin

喔，谢谢了

dongstar

这里的to不是表示比较的，而是prefer human tellers to ATM中的prefer...to...结构
just as是用来把三分之一的bank customers和traveller进行比较的。
C中as...as compared to是GMAT常见的捏造错误选项的手法，没有这样的用法，要么就是as...as, 要么就是compared to...