Question 15: After the new technique had been introduced, the factory produced ________ cars in 2014 as the year before.
The structure of comparing multiples / times: number of times + as + adj/ adv/ many/ much + (N) + as
Eg: He types three times as fast as I do.
=> Answer A (After the new technology was introduced, the factory produced twice as many cars in 2014 as the previous year.)
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