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[pimi]

哀哀～這題真是太難了
如果答案是A
那想請問Ａ選項there are less than one-quarter that many
那個that many好多餘的感覺, 請問that many是代什麼？？？？

[dibert8]

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
many = 4000 (drive-ins)
one-quarter 的詞性為 pre-determinant (放在指示代名詞 e.g. that, this, the 前面的字),用法同 twice the number, twice that many, half that many.

[阿琪]

I go for (D)

原因在另一個討論 (不想貼兩次)
http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 639#190639

請參考！！

[lorien1216_orig]

支持B

"more/fewer than N times as many"的用法實例很多，如下：
Rapid industrialisation saw construction and manufacturing take root, though these days more than twice as many paulistanos work in services as in these sectors.
http://www.economist.com/cities/displayobject.cfm?obj_id=768334
In 2001, there were fewer than half as many air-quality warning days across the country as in 1988.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030929-488848,00.html
Cambridge上說as many可作代名詞
There are already twelve bottles of wine, so if I buy as many again (= another twelve bottles) we'll have enough. (Cambridge dictionary online)
因為as many可以當代詞所以B還原應該是 there are fewer than one-quarter of 4,000 drive-ins
我覺得像C這樣there are 後面只有數量的並不好
打個比方there are twice as many就比there are twice the number好吧

^o)

這一題在新破解的pp裡答案給B
用more than twice as many在google可以找到很多例句
所以理由應該如上面所說的

[yuyutseng]

這一題在新版的PP 裡面有 ( 詳情請參考破解 )
官方給的答案是 B, 跟之前大家討論的C/D 不太一樣

此外, 針對B 選項尾巴的as many 的用法, 引用了一下網路上的資源給大家做參考
"as many" in Longman Dictionary:
as many=a number that is equal to another number
舉個例子來說
example : People of Los Angeles speak 12 languages and teach just as many in the schools.

所以這邊的as many似乎是種約定成俗的用法,
跟所學的as xx as 對稱用法不太一樣, 需要特別 注意~

[yentzu]

正確的寫法是 fewer than one-quarter of that number（amount實在不應用於這個數字）。我剛剛也溜了一下google, 發現有一個日本和一個美國論壇跟我看法相同。

http://www.google.com.tw/search?client= ... C%E5%B0%8B

其他幾個選項更爛，所以只有這個能選。

[yentzu]

補至一下，我上課時也是跟學生這樣教的。

ets 出題出得太古怪，對我所提倡的正常學習，相當不利，我很想去跟他們交涉。有誰知道要怎樣交涉，交涉的對口單位為何的，拜託請到我的網站 www.yentzu.idv.tw 告訴我（我貼文通常是「貼後不理」，不會再回來看）。