Question

The total cost of this project will be more than ________ that of the one last century, which is expected to cost below US a score billion.

1. A.
   twice as many as
2. B.
   as much as twice
3. C.
   twice than
4. D.
   double

Answer 1

D
试题分析：表示“超过两倍”用more than double。表示倍数时，一倍用once，两倍用 double，三倍以上用“基数词 + times”表示。
考点：倍数考查
点评：英语倍数最大的特点是：先说“倍数”，再说“是谁的……”，“比谁的……”等。概括起来，英语倍数表示主要就三种句式。英语中有些词表示特定的倍数，例如： again (一倍), twice, double (两倍), triple (三倍), fourfold (四倍) 等数。