It is estimated that by 2020 the concentration of carbon dioxide will be nearly twice and it is now.
本题重点考查比较表达式的用法。画线部分在倍数词后面出现了一个并列句,其 意思与前面一句无法衔接。前面说据估计到2020年时二氧化碳的浓度几乎会翻一番, 而后面一句却是现在就翻一番了,前后矛盾。四个选项中排除A、B和C选项,因为它 们不是正确的比较表达式。在表达比较时,引导比较状语从句的连词主要是as和than, 还有倍数词后面加比较级的形容词或副词再跟上一个than引导的比较从句,或倍数词 后面跟上一个名词性从句等。故选D。 twice what it is= twice the thing that it is。
[参考译文]据估计到2020年时二氧化碳的浓度几乎会比现在翻一番。
[语法拓展] 在倍数词后进行比较的常见表达方式:
e.g. Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.利率是我们竞争对手的两倍高。
Sound travels four times faster in water than in air.声音在水中的传播速度比在空气中快四倍。
This piece of work is ten times better than the last piece you did.这篇作品比你上次的那篇 要好上10倍。
My foot swelled up to three times the normal size when it was stung by a wasp.被黄蜂蜇了以后,我的脚比原来肿了两倍。
My ticket cost half again as much as your ticket.我的票比你的贵一半。