어법상 옳은 것은 ?

① Few living things are linked together as intimately than bees and flowers.

②My father would not company us to the place where they were staying, but insisted on me going.

③ The situation in Iraq looked so serious that it seemed as if the Third World War might break out at any time.
④ According to a recent repor t, the number of sugar that Americans consume does not vary significantly
from year to year.