If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, ____ would be getting sick.
A. a lot of more us B. more a lot of us
C. a lot of us more D. a lot more of us(全国四级,98.1-41)
答案为 D。《大学英语四六级考试全真试题集详解》(航空工业出版社, p. 89) 对答案的解答是：“more 用来限定 lot, 应放在 lot 后……”
请问您同意上面的解答吗？
应记住两点：1. 副词性短语 a lot 可用作形容词比较级的前置修饰语，如同 a great deal, a little, much, far 一样。上题中的 a lot 便是 more 的前置修饰语（见 premodification of comparatives）；2. more 除用作形容词和副词之外，还可用作代词：上题中的 more (of us) 是 many (of us) 的比较级。下面是 more 用作代词的实例：
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He knows more about computers than I do. 关于计算机他比我懂得多。
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I hope to see more of the city. 我希望能多看看这座城市。
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More of us are going. 我们有更多的人要去。
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I hope to see more of you. 我希望能和你多见面/我希望能看到你们更多的人。
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‘I need to return to Mr Saunière's office for a moment,’ Fache said. ‘Please come and find me directly, Mr Langdon. There is more we need to discuss.’ (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) “我得回到索尼埃先生的办公室呆一会，”法希说，“请直接来找我，兰登先生。我们还有很多东西要讨论。”（《达·芬奇密码》）