164.Because natural gas is composed mostly of methane, a simple hydrocarbon, vehicles powered by natural gas emit less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel.
　　(A) less of certain pollutants than the burning of gasoline or diesel fuel
　　(B) fewer of certain pollutants than burning gasoline or diesel fuel do
　　(C) less of certain pollutants than gasoline or diesel fuel
　　(D) fewer of certain pollutants than does burning gasoline or diesel fuel
　　(E) less of certain pollutants than those burning gasoline or diesel fuel
　　the key:E
　　比較考點(diǎn)：比較對象。vehicles——those burning gasoline or diesel fuel
　　168.Because the Earth’s crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
　　(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
　　(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
　　(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West
　　(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
　　(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West
　　the key:D
　　比較考點(diǎn)：比較對象
　　177.Bihar is India’s poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower than in the most impoverished countries of the world.
　　(A) lower than in
　　(B) lower than that of
　　(C) and lower than that of
　　(D) which is lower than in
　　(E) which is lower than it is in
　　the key: B