试题出自试卷《北京外国语大学2017年考博英语真题》

问题1选项
A.as twice as large
B.large as twice as
C.as twice large as
D.twice as large as

D

【选项释义】
A. as twice as large 两倍 B. large as twice as 两倍
C. as twice large as 两倍 D. twice as large as 两倍
【考查点】倍数的表达。
【解题思路】这个句子在比较两个城镇的人口数量，表示我们镇的人口是他们镇的两倍，英语中的表示倍数的结构为“倍数词+as+形容词原级+as”，因此D选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项均不符合倍数的表达结构。
【句意】20年前，我们镇的人口是他们镇的两倍。