题目选项分析

比较两个句子语法结构语义，选出最佳答案：

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are fewer than one-quarter as many.

When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950's, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today the number is less than one-quarter the amount.

写下分析过程，便于复习“吃透”这个句子：

答对用户笔记

0人: 四战740 2020-12-18 18:44:02

1. the number are fewer
less 不可数
drive-ins 可数
2. amount 不可数

0人: 小雪要上700 2020-11-30 14:59:29

整句话的主语是drive-ins是个复数，所以应该用many amount是不可数的

0人: 哈哈你知道我谁吗 2019-10-29 13:18:13

the number 没有指代对象， amount 不能指代可数名词

0人: 黄桃烤梨子 2017-11-14 14:51:33

绝对错误，句子中为可数名词，不能用less进行修饰

0人: bigbabysmile 2017-06-27 07:54:28

amount 指代不可数名词，与drivein不一致。

题目基本信息

所属科目：语法SC
题目来源1：GWD-89
题目来源2：PREP08 Test 2-185

难度：难