[問題]大全987-613

[Alycia]

613. Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous year’s figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year’s figure


The answer is E...why can't we choose A or B?

[nexcaree]

which 的指代在ETS的限制很嚴,它出現的時候一定指的是前面緊接在which前面的名詞,不論是否有限定
在本題(a)中,which指的是1992,而不是句意所想表現的167 billion,所以(a),(b),and (c)都不能選,因為(c)是由which形容詞子句減化而來
就算(b)修正了上述錯誤,它的it還是無所指代,要比較的應該是兩個不同年代的數據
所以只有(e)清楚表示的兩個數據的比較,故答案為(e)
一點淺見,供您參考

[eggcake520]

In A or B, what does 'which' refer to?
,and 'Sales' is a plural nuon.
Accordingly, we can't choose A or B.

[craigchsieh]

613. Sales of United States manufactured goods to nonindustrialized countries rose to $167 billion in 1992, which is 14 percent more than the previous year and largely offsets weak demand from Europe and Japan.
(A) which is 14 percent more than the previous year
(B) which is 14 percent higher than it was the previous year
(C) 14 percent higher than the previous year’s figure
(D) an amount that is 14 percent more than the previous year was
(E) an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year’s figure


The answer is E

小弟想請教一下，有關比較數量的多少，印象中都是many/much(比較級為more)，答案E中採用higher也是ok的嗎？