42.According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
the key: C
比较考点：倍数+as +adj./adv.+as
71.Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fixed size at maturity, and the variations in life spans among different species are far 美国GREater as that among individuals from the same species: a fruit fly is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150.
(A) among different species are far 美国GREater as that among individuals from
(B) among different species are far 美国GREater than that among individuals from
(C) among different species are far 美国GREater than those among individuals of
(D) between different species are far more than that between individuals of
(E) between different species are 美国GREater by far than is that between individuals from
the key:C
比较考点——比较对象
variations in life spans among different species——those among individuals of the same species