题目选项分析

比较两个句子语法结构语义，选出最佳答案：

Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.

Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly lower than in the year that ended in the previous quarter.

写下分析过程，便于复习“吃透”这个句子：

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5人: llouing 2019-07-26 21:54:08

比较的是rose更少了，而不是比较cost，比较的主体是动作，所以lower不行，lower只能做形容词，rose lower错误

3人: dbextra 2018-10-05 15:06:31

首先，一定要注意平行&比较结构中的两个元素，这里显然less修饰的是rise这个动词，（less）在这里做副词用，所以不可以用lower，因而就可以排除很多其他选项；然后再根据主谓一致，主语是costs，为plural，所以可以排除B选项。

1人: galenqin 2019-05-26 09:26:15

比较的是rose更少了，而不是比较cost，比较的主体是动作，所以lower不行，lower只能做形容词，rose lower错误

0人: 啦啦迷啦 2023-08-02 22:02:59

Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months, slightly less than they did in the year
costs rose 2.8 percent，less than they did

0人: 学员QkQUd7 2022-03-23 01:10:47

slightly less than employments costs rose in the year that ended in the previous quarter; (Assume lower modifies 2.8 percents) slightly lower than 2.8 percent in the year that ended in the previous quarter. The latter comparison obviously does not make any sense.

0人: 四战740 2020-12-26 18:45:02

1.根据句意 costs 上升2.8% 逗号后面比较的是上升幅度的不同那么只能用less
rose less rose lower错误
如果逗号后面比较的是今年的costs 与去年的costs 那么lower合理但是在主句中 in the 12 months 是作为 rose的状语这里than 后面的成分就不合理了

0人: 六日97 2019-09-17 12:44:57

比较的是rose更少了，而不是比较cost，比较的主体是动作，所以lower不行，lower只能做形容词，rose lower错误

0人: lixuanphilly 2017-06-01 17:55:16

PERSONAL EXAMPLE
My stocks increased by 100% this year, less than they did last year.

题目基本信息

所属科目：语法SC
题目来源1：PREP07 Test 1-24

难度：难