To develop more accurate population forecasts, demographers have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic determinants of fertility.
have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic
have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical
would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economical
would have to know a great deal more than they do now about the social and economic
would have to know a great deal more than now about the social and economic
题目分析:
本题具有比较词more…than…。
选项分析:
A选项:比较对象不正确,我们应该比较的是不同时间的两件事,而不是两个时间(now)。
B选项:economic和economical的意思不同,前者是“经济”的意思,后者是“节约的”意思,在逻辑上,和“社会(social)”产生并列关系的应该是“经济”,而不是“节约的”。
C选项:economic和economical错误同(B)。
D选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
E选项:比较对象不正确错误同(A)。
would和have to组和而成一个完整的“would have to”,这是一个不可割裂的整体!表示一件应当做但没做的事,表示“现在(注意是“现在”!)应该如何,但事实与之不符(或相反)”。我们可以看到这里有明显的背反:原题中有more than now,答题中有更明确的more than they do now,均已构成明显背反,所以选D无疑。但是要注意,由于have to本身就有“应该”的意思,在上下文中如没有出现明显的背反或明显违背公认的事实及常识的时候,不应使用“would have to”,用“have to”既可。
必须注意,would have to的出现在英语中有些限制,那就是要求本句或紧邻的上下文中如有“目前并非如此”之类的明确表达或与事实及公认常识明显不符,否则宜用have to而不是would have to。还有在强调“必须性”时,比如你说“法律规定,每个儿童都必须受教育”,尽管你知道有很多失学儿童,可这里是强调必须,就还得用have to而不能用would have to。
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