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.
as little risk as one in a million chances to cause
as little risk as one chance in a million of causing
as little risk as one chance in a million that it will cause
a risk as little as one chance in a million for causing
a risk as little as one chance in a million for it to cause
risk of doing
1. risk of doing sth., risk doing sth. 是固定搭配,由此排除A/D;
2. one chance in a million 是固定搭配,表示几率很小。由于修饰risk时,as little risk as one chance in a million 和 a risk as little as one chance in a million都是正确的表达方式。由此排除A;
3. C:that后面it引导的是定语从句,修饰的对象是risk。而从逻辑意义上看risk不应该cause cancer。排除C;
4. E:a million for it to cause 表达错误。排除E。
1-首先 as...as 结构,可以排除DE;
2-C that 后面有完整句子结构,到底是个定从还是怎么回事,定从it要省去,这个结构就有问题,还要看it 指代有歧义,排除C
3-AB里面就看定语用to do 还是doing, 这里to do和doing做定语成分,修饰Chance。 判断方法是看变化成分的主句的发生对变化成分的影响强弱与否,主句是“表现出风险-那种百万分之一导致癌症的可能性” 较弱,应该用ing,选B
risk of doing something; as little risk as one chance in a million; a risk a little as one chance in a million都正确。
as... as... 是一个什么样的比较结构?little risk 和 one chance in a million 比较?
结尾为什么要用 of causing 呢?
as...as...除了表示比较之外,还可以在身后接一个数值,表示chance的多少。
我是这样想的,这是 risk 和 chance 之间的比较,两个都是名词。
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risk of doing sth