[問題]Prep-T2-Q9

[la-vie]

9. 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

Ans:B

請問A和D選項錯在哪裡?

as little risk as one 和a risk as little as one 一樣嗎?

[gozui[origen]]

不曉得有沒有高人可以解答這一題?

我試著想原因, 查了一下字典
有關 risk of 的用法
If there is a risk of something unpleasant, there is a possibility that it will happen.
例: There is a small risk of brain damage from the procedure.

我在想這是不是(B)對的原因?

當然字典上面也有提到risk + that 的用法也是可以的, 可是選項(C)中的 it 指涉有問題, 所以不選(C)

至於是 as little risk as 還是 a risk as little as 好
還有 one in a million chances 或是 one chance in a million 對
還需要好心人士的指點

[lisayang83]

A chance in a million is an idiom, meaning a very small chance or no chance at all that something
will happen.
若要 把million放在前面 應該要寫成 one-in-a-million-chance.

我想應該是這樣子 請大家多多指教 :)

[gozui[origen]]

原來是這樣阿... 感謝你的說明

我看了一下字典上的例句
例: We haven't a chance in a million (ie We have almost no chance) of winning.

看來是one ~ in a million 後面要接 of Ving 的型態

[zephyr_h]

另外。
查了一下字典

chance可以當作

1.possibility 解： 通常用 chance of N
2.Opportunity 解：chance to win , chance of sucess

在這裡應該是指possibility (liitle risk v.s chance of causing cancer )

[dibert8]

(A) risk 不會 cause 這個動作
(B) million (pron.)
of + '狀態'
Ving + O = N 是一個'狀態', 放在 of 後面是安全的.

[chencraig0227]

(A) risk 不會 cause 這個動作
(B) million (pron.)
of + '狀態'
Ving + O = N 是一個'狀態', 放在 of 後面是安全的.

請問這是僅對於chance這個N詞來說 of Ving是可以嗎?
我記得of Ving 常是判斷錯誤選項的根據!
而且longman的chance of 後面也都是放N..!
這題真是另類...!

[dibert8]

chance of + Ving 指事件 (e.g. chance of winning a game)
chance of + N 指單詞 (e.g. chance of default)

[lucyyeh]

大家覺得百萬分之一的risk應該是可數還不可數？
我覺得是不可數，所以D, E 的 "a" risk就錯了！
不知道我這樣的想法對不對?

[WandaRocket]

我覺得是as...as的平行問題
as A as B → ex: I want to go there as fast as possible.
A as ... as B → ex: Eric is as handsome as Brad.

D) a risk as little as one chance in a million
先不管risk 可不可數...（奇摩字典說都兩者用法都有...）
risk 本身有高風險 和 低風險 ...這樣的比較用法，不如
as little risk as one chance in a million

一些淺見請多多指教^^"

[sunnyblue13s]

[quote="la-vie"]9. 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

Ans:B

請問as little risk as one 和a risk as little as one 一樣嗎?....百思不得其解~~煩請大家討論....

[dibert8]

如果看成一樣,則 (D) (E) 不簡潔;感覺意思差一點點, 則 (D) (E) 改變句意.怎麼看 (D) (E) 都不會對的.
(A) (B) (C) little risk 接近於 no risk. (i.e. 否定句意)
(D) (E) a risk 主張是有 risk 的啦,只是很小,但是還是有啊. (i.e. 肯定句意)

[sunnyblue13s]

感謝版主大人~~詳盡的解釋....
好感動...

[larry.tw]

我想請問
as.....as中間到底可以有什麼詞性阿?
我只知道adj. adv可以,可是ABC "as little risk as"中放名詞也可以嗎??

[ky]

小弟關於as as / ...er than的總結，參考看看，主要是來自cd的心得

比主語→Mary goes to Starbucks as many times as Jones.
　　　　Mary goes to Starbucks more frequently than Jones.
比受詞→Mary goes to Starbucks as many times as to KFC.
　　　　Mary goes to Starbucks more frequently than to KFC.
比狀語→Mary goes to Starbucks as many times as Jones goes to KFC.
　　　　Mary goes to Starbucks more frequntly than Jones goes to KFC.

比主語題：pp2-25(S1 have…er than…S2 had不加動詞會岐意，所以動詞had一定要進場！)
　　　　　PP2-36(S1 are older than S2, 看來主語如果配be動詞，幾乎不可能岐意，自然後面不用再補)
　　　　　pp2-42 (it was not as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya, 同樣未補be動詞)
　　　　　PP2-53(主動比較，補助動詞)
　　　　　PP2-87(比主語題，同類比較，省略THOSE變成不同類比較，錯)
比受詞題：pp2-19(S regarded O1 as less..than O2)
比狀語題：pp2-7 (as varied as 國家a、國家b)
　　　　　pp2-9 (as little risk as one chance in a million)
　　　　　pp2-26(as many as 40,000 small comets)

自已感覺比狀語題比較難一點...