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carolexl

1.        The speculative fever of the Roaring Twenties infected (rich and poor alike’ vast quantities of people were dangerously overextended), credit was absurdly easy ot obtain, and most brokerage houses required only ten percent cash for stocks bought on “margin”
A)
C) rich and poor alike; great numbers of people were dangerously overextended
E) both rich and poor; great quantities of people were dangerously overextended
WHY THE ANSWER IS “C”   NOT “E”????  ALIKE 怎么这样用？？？他应该有什么用法？？？
   NUMBER OF 可以有什么ADJ 修饰？？？

2．Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, (where two persons develop a unique and private language with) highly original vocabulary and syntax.
A)
E) in which two persons develop a unique and private language with
WHY THE ANSWER IS “E”???  WHY用in which??????????

2.        Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, (the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.)
A)
C)Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system
D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries
Why the answer is “C”    is “ suggest    as   “  right?????????

qiufeng1990

1) alike 是ADJ,both ... and ....平行结构;Numbers of 修是可数名词.
2)`GMAT 喜欢 用which 引导定语从句.
3) suggest sth as sth  固定搭配

princess

2.好像是说when没有 介词＋which 来得指代明确

tongxun

1、问的是什么词修饰 number of 吧？ 用形容词修饰名词number。great 在此为形容词。
2、princess说的对。另外，怎能用where修饰phenomenoa 呢？

carolexl

我的问题是
什么adj 可以修饰number of
great ? vast? high? etc
number of & amount of  有什么区别??

tongxun

great、vast可以，high number不通。
number 后为可数。amount 后为不可数

carolexl

但是在<补充材料>上 11题 "a higher number of family dwellings per capita than does any other large city"怎么可以???? THANKS

princess

关于number和amount的区别(Merriam-Webster)：
Number is regularly used with count nouns
  eg:a large number of mistakes; any number of times
while amount is mainly used with mass nouns
  eg:annual amount of rainfall; a substantial amount of money

The use of amount with count nouns has been frequently criticized; it usually occurs when the number of things is thought of as a mass or collection
  eg:glad to furnish any amount of black pebbles     New Yorker
   a substantial amount of film offers               Lily Tomlin
or when money is involved
  eg:a substantial amount of loans                   E. R. Black

tongxun

Thanks princess。