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　　(C) California's annual per capita consumption of cigarettes declined from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as the drop

　　(D) 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

　　(E) California has seen annual per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as that

　　(A) per capita consumption of cigarettes作为initiating的逻辑主语,不符合逻辑; a drop more than twice as great as in the nation比较双方不对等,应该改为that in the nation, that代替a drop,构成对等的比较

　　(B) annual per capita consumption of cigarettes作为initiating的逻辑主语,不符合逻辑; more than twice as great as that不符合同位语构成方式,应该补上a drop对前面的现象进行概括

　　(C) California's annual per capita consumption作为initiating的逻辑主语,不符合逻辑; more than结构不符合同位语构成

　　(D) 正确, California作为initiating的逻辑主语,符合逻辑; a drop…结构符合同位语构成; that代替a drop使得比较双方对等

　　(E) more than 结构不符合同位语构成; per capita 和 per person 重复; 改变了原意“人均吸烟量每年下降……”，而 E 是“年人均吸烟量下降……”

　　16. Recent breakthroughs in technology have made it possible that high-definition digital video cameras are able to capture material with a degree of fidelity that nearly compares to 35-millimeter film and to project it digitally in theaters with no resulting loss of image quality.

　　(A) it possible that high-definition digital video cameras are able to capture material with a degree of fidelity that nearly compares to

　　(B) it possible to have high-definition digital video cameras that can capture material at a degree of fidelity almost like that with

　　(C) it possible for high-definition digital video cameras to capture material with a degree of fidelity nearly comparable to that of

　　(D) possible high-definition digital video cameras that can capture material at a degree of fidelity almost like

　　(E) possible high-definition digital video cameras able to capture material with a degree of fidelity that nearly compares to that with

　　1) 比较-比较对象对等，compare, like等词连接比较相同对象时，要由that或those指代，否则会使比较对象不对等。

　　2) 句子结构-it作形式宾语，注意形式宾语的格式及用法，及物动词+it+宾语补语+不定式，动词有find, deem, make等。

　　3) 逻辑表达-维持原句强调重心，注意原句使用形式宾语所强调的内容，在本句中make possible的是cameras to capture material而不是have cameras，不能改变原句的合理重心。

　　4) 简洁有效，形容词作定语比that引导的定语从句更简洁。

　　(A) compare to的比较对象成为fidelity与35-millimeter film，不对等。

　　(B) 第一个that引导定语从句修饰cameras，改变原句强调重心;第二个that的位置不正确，应该置于almost like前面;介词with应为of，即that(fidelity) of 35-millimeter film。

　　(C) 正确，it作形式宾语，真正的宾语是不定式结构to capture material with a degree of fidelity;cameras的fidelity与35-millimeter film的fidelity比较。

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　　(D) 缺少形式宾语it;like的比较对象成为fidelity与35-millimeter film，不对等。

　　(E) 缺少形式宾语it;宾语从句谓语不完整，应为bable to do;that nearly compares to从句修饰fidelity不及形容词comparable作定语简洁。

　　17. According to a new report by the surgeon general, women with less than a high school education had three times the likelihood that they would begin smoking as women who went to college.

　　(A) had three times the likelihood that they would begin smoking

　　(B) had three times the likelihood of beginning smoking

　　(C) were three times more likely to begin to smoke

　　(D) were three times more likely that they would begin to smoke

　　(E) were three times as likely to begin smoking

　　比较-倍数，倍数比较的正确表达方式为：…times(或数字)+as+形容词或副词+as…，注意as…as…的固定搭配，more…as…是常见混淆选项。

　　(A) 比较结构不完整，未划线部分的as后面跟的是名词，所以as为介词，完整的形式应该为as+形容词…as…。

　　(B) 错误与A选项相同;likelihood后接that从句与likelihood of doing sth两种表达方式都正确。

　　(C) 比较结构搭配错误，more likely to…应该跟than，而不是as。

　　(D) 错误与C选项相同。

　　(E) 正确，倍数+as+形容词+as。