请教Prep-1-142

littlegirl

According to a 1996 study published in the Journal of Human Resources, Americans of Middle Eastern descent were twice as likely as was the national average to be self-employed.

(A) as was the national average to be self-employed

(B) as the average American to be self-employed

(C) as the national average that they would be self-employed

(D) to be self-employed than was the average American

(E) that they would be self-employed than was the national average

答案是B，请问A错在哪里? 谢谢！

答案是B，请问A错在哪里? 谢谢！

littlegirl

thanks  a  lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lewis

这道题我也错了，但是我不大同意ls的观点.

A,Americans of...were  as likely as the national average was

B,as the average American to be self-employed

Be 动词是否需要省略要看具体情况。著名的PREP里面有一个Stresses that girls experience are more likely to result in depression than are those boys experience. 因为than 前面是一个名词depression,所以要补上be动词。

 我认为这题的重点在于比较对象。national average 和Americans “人”不对称。同样prep也有一个题，an average global warming.../a global warming that average.Average 这个词既是名词又是形容词，出现在比较对象的对等上面很Tricky.

peiyangzhe

比较结构

Americans of Middle Eastern descent were twice as likely as was the national average to be self-employed.

for a , americans.....as likely as the  national average was

for b,  americans .....as likely as the the average American