1.Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years 【as old as】 any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their 【supposedly】
(E) as old as their supposedly
解析：
【as old as】误用同阶比较：表倍数时可用“倍数+as…as”，此题应用times older than…
【supposedly】supposed在句作为定语修饰predecessors，而supposedly作为副词不能用做定语。
2.A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase
3.American productivity is declining in relation to Europe's; the energy expended per unit of production in the United States is as much as twice that expended in West Germany.
(A) as much as twice that expended in West Germany
(B) as much as twice that of West Germany's expenditure
(C) up to two times of West Germany's expenditure
(D) up to two times what West Germany expended
(E) up to double West German expenditure
4.Since 1965 there are four times as many Black college students enrolled, and the one million Black people in college today represent 11 percent of all college students.
(A) Since 1965 there are four times 【as many】 Black college students 【enrolled】
(B) The enrollment of Black college students was only one-fourth in 1965
(C) The enrollment of Black college students has increased four times from 1965 on
(D) 【Quadrupling】 since 1965, there are now four times as many Black college students enrolled
(E) The enrollment of Black college students has quadrupled since 1965
解析：
【as many】 缺少一个as：
as many之后不能直接加 Black college students
【enrolled】since修饰，应用现在完成时
【Quadrupling】分词在句首表示逻辑主语结构：主句中主语为形式主语there，不能作为逻辑主语
5.The use of chemical pesticides in this country is equally extensive or more so 【than】 ten years ago.
(A) equally extensive or more so than ten years ago
(B) equal to or more extensive than ten years ago
(C) as extensive as ten years ago or more
(D) equal to, if not more, than ten years ago
(E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, 【 if not more so】
解析：
【than】than前后不具有可比性。[ 排除A B C D ]
【 if not more so】大于等于的三种表达法
1、 at least as great as
2、 as great as or great than
3、 as …as …，if not more so
(21——24题同理)
6.The visiting pharmacologists concluded that the present amalgam of Chinese and Western medicine is probably as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are treated at the Nan Kai hospital in Tian-jing.
(A) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are
(B) as good, or better, than any system that might be devised for patients being
(C) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for patients which are being
(D) good as, or even better than, any other system that may be devised for the patients who are
(E) as good as, or better than, any other system that might be devised for the patients
7.Wind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
(A) as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
(B) that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
(C) as great as or greater than 【that】 of using air conditioning
(D) at least as great as air conditioning’s
(E) at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
解析：
【that】that在这里指代Wind resistance， 所以，整句从逻辑上讲不通。D同理
8.The earnings of woman are well 【 below 】 that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing between the sexes.
(A) well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing
(B) much below that of men's despite educational differences diminishing
(C) much below men in spite of diminishing educational differences
(D) well below those of men in spite of diminishing educational differences
(E) 【below men's despite their educational differences that are diminishing】
解析：
【 below 】
1、用below来比较“在…之下”
2、below之前是The earnings of woman，之后却是men → 两者都不对：前面是the earnings，是复数，而后边的that则是指单数。[排除 A B C]
【below men's despite their educational differences that are diminishing】
1、men's与The earnings of woman的形式不对称且their多余。
2、educational differences that are diminishing表达不如D选项的diminishing educational differences表达简洁。
答案：1.B 2.D 3.A 4.E 5.E 6.E 7.E 8.D