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In this CR, The recent decline in the value of the dollar was triggered by a prediction of slower economic growth in the coming year. But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government’s huge budget deficit, which must therefore be decreased to prevent future currency declines. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion about how to prevent future currency declines? (A) The government has made little attempt to reduce the budget deficit. (B) The budget deficit has not caused a slowdown in economic growth. © The value of the dollar declined several times in the year prior to the recent prediction of slower economic growth. (D) Before there was a large budget deficit, predictions of slower economic growth frequently caused declines in the dollar’s value. (E) When there is a large budget deficit, other events in addition to predictions of slower economic growth sometimes trigger declines in currency value. ------------------------ i don't know what this sentence mean, "But that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar had it not been for the government’s huge budget deficit, which must therefore be decreased to prevent future currency declines." Could anybody help me? Is that sentence means "If it had not been for the government's huge budget deficit, that prediction would not have adversely affected the dollar." ? Thank you very much!

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28. The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use. A. how they learn language than B. how one learns language than C. how children learn language than do D. learning language than E. their language learning than do 【c is correct】 my question is, why "than do"? what this "do" means? Thank you :)

Thank you very much:) But with your explanation, i'm now confused about C. C is correct answer, but C use "such...as". I can just explain this sentence "Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command such extraordinary fees as they do today." in this way that " Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command such extraordinary fees | as they do today." So, "such...as" is not an idiom. But in here, first use "such + adj." to modify "fees", and then use "as they do today" as adv. to parallely time?

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20. Never before in the history of music have musical superstars been able to command so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today. A. so extraordinary fees of the kind they do today B. so extraordinary fees as they are today C. such extraordinary fees as they do today D. such extraordinary fees of the kind today’s have E. so extraordinary a fee of the kind they can today 【c is correct】 my question is how to use "so..as"? whether "so...as" is as same as "such...as"? ------------ thank you!

13. For all his professed disdain of such activities, Auden was an inveterate literary gossip. A. For all his professed disdain of such activities B. Having always professed disdain for such activities C. All such activities were, he professed, disdained, and D. Professing that all such activities were disdained E. In spite of professions of disdaining all such activities 【A is correct】 my question is: why B is wrong? ================= Thank you all!