다음주어진문장이문법상맞으면 (A)를고르고, 주어진문장이틀린경우, 선택지 (B)~(E) 중에가장좋은대안을고르시오. Recent increases in the price of steel have made it profitable to reopen iron mines once closed because the quality of ore taken from them was less than that of other, more profitable mines. (A) was less than (B) is less than (C) is lower than that of (D) was lower than (E) was lower than that of
[해석]철강 가격이 최근 상승하면서 광산에서 채취한
철광석의 품질이 수익성이 더 높은 다른 광산의 철광석 품질 보다 낮아서 이전에 폐쇄된 철광산을 (이제) 재개하는 것이 수익성이 있게 되었다. [해설]정답 (E) 반복되는 명사를 대신하는 that/those는 비교급에서 흔히 사용됩니다. 대명사 that/those가나오면비교대상과비교형식을체크해야합니다. 상세사항은해설강의참조.
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비교급은~er than 또는 more ~ than 형식외에아래예문처럼대명사 that/those를사용해be different from that/those of 구문도있습니다.
Football in the U.S. is different from that of other countries. 미국에서의축구는다른나라의그것(축구)과는다르다.
전치사 like, unlike을이용해비교구문을만들수도있습니다.
다음밑줄친틀린부분을바르게고치시오.
Unlike much of iron construction, the technology for constructing buildings with reinforced concrete developed rather rapidly.