When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many.
there are less than one-quarter that many
there are fewer than one-quarter as many
there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount
the number is less than one-quarter the amount
it is less than one-quarter of that amount
A less 修饰不可数,且用less的话,前面要用there is
B 正确,没选是因为缺少一个as,实际上是省略用法
C amount修饰不可数名词,不能用来修饰4,000(drive-ins)这个可数的量
D the number指代不清;the amount指代不清,只能修饰不可数名词;the number is less没有问题,less和smaller都可以修饰数字。
E it没有指代对象,that amount指代4,000 drive-ins错。
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