Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.


of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that

of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because

of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because

their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because

their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

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题目分析:

本题的大概意思为:
零售商报告其在11月销售温和上扬,一方面因为他们去年同期销售很糟糕,另一方面因为购物者都开始购买的节日礼物。
本题一定要先把意思看懂,as much because….as because...是正确的,在第一个because内部,说的是their sales a year earlier had been so bad。换句话说,so bad和其身后的as并不是连用的,之间没有任何关系,而是as much as连用。


选项分析:

A选项:平行触发语as much…as…结构不平行,应将that改为because of(当然,改了之后它连接句子就不对了,这是另外一个事情了)。
另外,because of是介词,其身后只能接名词,所以整个because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad的核心词是sales。但在逻辑上,增长的原因应该是“早期销量太差”这个事件,而不是销量本身。

B选项:平行触发语as much…as…结构不平行;as bad应改为so bad,so bad是可以自己单独使用的,但是as bad身后必须再跟一个as来表示比较;核心词错误同选项(A)。 

C选项:本选项错误同选项(B)。

D选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。 

E选项:as bad应改为so bad;平行触发语as much…as…结构不平行,应将that改为because。

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