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Despite the growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will still use travel agents.
growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, many travelers will
growing number of people who purchase plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would
growing number of people purchasing plane tickets online, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, many travelers will
fact that the number of people purchasing plane tickets online is growing, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers as compared to automatic teller machines, that many travelers would
fact that the number of people who purchase plane tickets online are growing, airline executives are convinced that, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer human tellers compared with automatic teller machines, many travelers would
A vs B
谓语+插入语+宾语从句，宾语从句前面的that放在哪里主要取决于插入语修饰的对象，
如果插入语修饰谓语动词，则插入语紧跟谓语动词，that+宾语从句。如we decided, in view of his special circumstances, that we would admit him for a probationary period.
如果插入语修饰宾语，则插入语紧跟宾语从句，谓语动词+that，插入语，宾语从句。如he told her parents that, due to her illness, she would be able to go to school tomorrow.
convinced确信，后面肯定不会还跟虚拟了呀，直接用will
简单题，错！
考察：
despite，prefer a to b，长难句（分析法主要是找细节短语使用错误，读完长句，且读进去）
长难句分区间去找错误，前中后，以免丢失小细节；这里没看到prefer to短语！
前：despite the fact that 和 despite+动名词/名词，都可以，不用过度纠结
中：prefer a to b；排除cde
just as 因为
just as 字面意思“就像”
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there's one simple way to eliminate (c), and that's to notice that "prefer ... compared to" is redundant.
you should just say "prefer ... to", as the word "prefer" already encodes the idea of making a comparison. (for the same reason, "reply back", "free gift", "the reason is because...", etc. are all wrong as well.)
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here's how to use "compared to/with" properly: (by the way, there is no meaningful difference between "compared to" and "compared with")
if you have a sentence that says "compared to/with" or "as compared to/with", then the sentence CANNOT also say a comparison word, such as more, less, greater, prefer, better, worse, etc.
to use "compared to/with", you just STATE statistics, without using any other comparison word.
examples:
this year's unemployment rate of 12% is three times as great compared to the rate in 1994 --> incorrect (redundant)
the correct way to write it:
this year's unemployment rate is 12%, compared to 4% in 1994
i.e., you just come out and SAY the statistics, and then give "compared to".
the easy way to eliminate (b) is to know that "would" is incorrect.
"would" can be used as a past-tense form of "will" -- for instance, i know that we will win translates into the past tense as i knew that we would win -- or to express a hypothetical situation that isn't true. neither of these is the case here; this is a prognostication of future events, so the future tense makes sense and the conditional ("would") doesn't.
the hard way to eliminate (b) is to realize that its construction - the placement of the commas and the word "that" - isn't right.
because of the placement of the commas and "that", this choice mistakenly puts "executives are convinced" in parallel with "1/3 of customers prefer...". that makes no sense.
in (a), though, since "that" precedes the comma, the parallelism is different: "1/3 of customers prefer..." is now parallel to "many travelers will...", as it logically should be.
1.主谓一致，E错
2.句意推理,convince后面应该接that，表示一件事，C错
3.idiom:prefer A to B. CDE错
4.句子结构，just as和many travelers应该是并列关系，作比较，所以应该在that后面，BCD错
convince，说服，使确信；convince sb of/to do sth/ that，说服某人，使某人确信。
convince后面通常要接人，sb was convinced that，某人确信
E里的would表示不确定语气，这件事可能发生，也可能不会发生。因为be convinced的语意是确信，这里不能再使用would
despite/in spite of介词，接名词，表示尽管，不顾。语意上和though/although差不多。In despite of/despite of是非常古老的用法。despite the fact that是可以的
despite+n 或者名词短语
prefer to
句中pefer to排除CDE（注意仔细看句中可能考点而不是根据前两个词就排除）
B中that修饰machines,错误“machines, that”
A. airline executives are convinced that，convinced是被动式，不是过去式！
there's one simple way to eliminate (c), and that's to notice that "prefer ... compared to" is redundant.
you should just say "prefer ... to", as the word "prefer" already encodes the idea of making a comparison.
way to eliminate (b) is to realize that its construction - the placement of the commas and the word "that" - isn't right.
because of the placement of the commas and "that", this choice mistakenly puts "executives are convinced" in parallel with "1/3 of customers prefer...". that makes no sense.
pefer to排除CDE
B中that修饰machines,错误
that修饰不到machine吧
是的。that引导限定性定语从句，前面不能加逗号，所以不能修饰machines. that的位置很奇怪，没有接在convienced后面看着顺眼
A也是prefer to?
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"would" can be used as a past-tense form of "will" -- for instance, i know that we will win translates into the past tense as i knew that we would win -- or to express a hypothetical situation that isn't true.
the easy way to eliminate (b) is to know that "would" is incorrect.
"would" can be used as a past-tense form of "will" -- for instance, i know that we will win translates into the past tense as i knew that we would win
眼光不应只局限于搭配合不合适，还是句意。。
原来根本上还是that的位置，位置变了，比较对象就变了，还有E的单复数问题。
just as...比较，所以要想到前后一致，would时态是不对的，整个句子都是一般现在时，应该用will.
In B, C and D, airline executives are convinced, just as one-third of bank customers still prefer seems to compare how executives are CONVINCED to how customers STILL PREFER. This comparison makes no sense. The intention here is to compare the actions of the two types of customers. To make the comparison clear, the word that is needed BEFORE the modifying clause: airline executives are convinced THAT...just as bank customers STILL PREFER...many travelers WILL STILL USE. Eliminate B, C and D.