TOEFL® question: Living organisms contain more water ... substance

[Latha]

Living organisms contain more water _________ substance.

(A) than do any other
(B) does than any other
(C) other than do they any
(D) than they do any other

my answer is: A

Is this answer correct or not?

If not why?

thanks

latha

TOEFL listening discussions: An assistant lecturer talking to a new student

[Torsten]

[Rich7]

You may want to say that "substance" is singular. Am I right?

[Torsten]

Hi Richard,

Yes of course you are right. Many thanks for following our threads and pointing out mistakes.
Torsten

TOEFL listening discussions: How long should the student's essays be?

[Xbisoubisoux]

you are reading the question wrong the answer is d because the question says that living organisms are mostly made of water obviously they do not contain more water than other substances because water in itself is a substance that contains more water.