【正文】 quarter.A. that personal spending in the JulySeptember quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the JulySeptember quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the JulySeptember quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the JulySeptember quarter more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the JulySeptember quarter, that it would more than double that ofThe number of people flying first class on domestic flights rose sharply in 1990, doubling the increase of the previous year. Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the JulySeptember quarter would more than double the percent growth ratedouble the growth rate/increase in personal spending for the previous quarterAccording to surveys by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 20 percent ofyoung adults used cocaine in 1979, twice the number reported in the 1977 survey.A Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirtyfive percent in the past decade and accounted for more than sixtytwo percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.its number is now five times greaternumber 用larger/smaller/greater修飾，不能用more!!! than when…The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation39。s airtraffic control system, leading to a 55 percent increase in delays不是55percent more delays 也不是an increase of 55 percent in delays at airports and prompting fear among some officials that safety is being promised.In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice that number of trucks alone came off the assembly lines.經(jīng)典考題In 1973 mortgage payments represented twentyone percent of an average thirtyyearold male’s ine。 and fortyfour percent in 1984,a proportion less than （that） in 1984.(A) ine。 and fortyfour percent in 1984(B) ine。 in 1984 the figure was fortyfour percent(C) ine, and in 1984 fortyfour percent(D) ine, fortyfour percent in 1984 was the figure(E) ine that rose to fortyfour percent in 1984看pared with 的比較對象問題20gmat看到代詞，逗號后的分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，馬上看就近修飾時否有歧義. GWD26Q20In 1981 children in the United States spent an average of slightly less than two and a half hours a week doing household chores。 by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week.A. chores。 by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a weekB. chores正解，注意看figure的用法。A選項they指代不明確，D選項的pared with 就近修飾chores!。 by 1997 that figure hadby 1997，所以用過去完成時 grown to nearly six hours a weekC. chores, whereas nearly six hours a week were spent in 1997D. chores, pared with a figure of nearly six hours a week in 1997E. chores, that figure growing to nearly six hours a week in 1997prepIn the United States, while the number of foreignborn residents and their children is higher than ever, the percentage of the population they represent is not。 in 1910 this group made up 35 percent of the population when pared to 20 percent in 2000. (A) population when pared to 20 percent in 2000 (B) population as pared to這里比較對象不對等，percent 和 2000做了比較 2000, when it was 20 percent (C) population, paring it with 20 percent in 2000 (D) population, unlike 2000, with 20 percent (E)此為正解，相比前面那題這里pared with 修飾35 percent of the population,比較對象相當！ population, pared with 20 percent in 2000新Prep語法筆記 132. (31556!item!188。058amp。004545)A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO39。s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than bluecollar workers, pared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.,a greater ratio as pared to that in 1980as pared to what was 42times in 1980(A) that CEO39。s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than bluecollar workers, pared比較對象不對等，pay和ratio比較 to a ratio of 42 times(B) that, on average, CEO39。s now earn 419 times the pay of bluecollar workers, a ratio that pares to 42 times(C) that, on average, CEO39。s now earn 419 times the pay of bluecollar workers, as這里比較對象對等，pay 和pay比較 pared to 42 times their pay, the ratio(D) CEO39。s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than bluecollar workers, as pared to 42 times their pay, the ratio(E) CEO39。s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of bluecollar workers, pared to the ratio of 42 times197. (GWD1Q16)Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.F. a greater proportion than it wasG. aa greater proportion than (that was) in any previous election greater proportion thanH. a greater proportion than they have beenI. which is greater than was so (B)J. which is greater than it has been看下面兩個是如何互換的According to surveys by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 20 percent of young adults used cocaine in 1979, twice the number reported in the 1977 survey.=a number twice as great as that reported in 1977A decade after initiating the nation39。s most prehensive and aggressive antismoking program,California has seen per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs annually to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as that in the nation as a whole=more than twice the drop in the nation as a wholeGWD7Q13: Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.A. the sandpipers vanishing因該是sandpiper’s vanishing is a result of… in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes inB. the bird itself 具有迷惑性，bird和grassy fields and pasture都