求解释 语法题

sayysong

183.

Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were

A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were

B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been

C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends

D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends

E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends

我选A 答案是C 不懂 求解

再加一道吧 同样不懂
The Environmental Protection Agency frequently puts mandatory controls on toxic substances that present as little risk as one in a million chances to cause cancer.



(A) as little risk as one in a million chances to cause

(B) as little risk as one chance in a million of causing

(C) as little risk as one chance in a million that it will cause

(D) a risk as little as one chance in a million for causing

(E) a risk as little as one chance in a million for it to cause

选B

tongxiaolong

except that可以有。
EX：
I would buy a big house to fulfill my fantasies about life, except that I don't have any money.

sayysong

GMAT语法中有except that。。。的用法吗？我姐的xdf的网络课堂里说 只有except sb to do

tongxiaolong

第一题：AB的"they"指代不清 不知道是automakers 还是dividends
DE明显啰嗦 不用看的 So C。

sayysong

one 不是指代吧 应该是one chance 我是这么想的、

piggycandys

这里one代指什么吖~~

min356478

1。比较前后一致。如果选A应该把were改成did
2. a risk of...固定搭配。。