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Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was well into middle age.

A) Like

E) As did

答案是A。我选是选对了，但是当时E把我迷糊了一下。og说是Perle Hessing和many self-taught artists比较。我有时候糊涂，为什么不是Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was well into middle age整个动作和many self-taught artists做的比较呢？如果是动作比较的话，那E就是可以的了。

E的错误我认为是省略部分不匹配。

E省略了to paint until she was well into middle age；翻译成：就像A做XX，B不做XX，逻辑上有问题。比如：就像A做XX，B做XX 或 就像A不做XX，B不做XX，前后动作对应，才比较合乎逻辑。所以E若可行，至少也应该用As did not。但是，要说明的是，感觉倒装好像也不合适，最好是As many self-taught artists did not, ....。当然，即便如此，比起A来E还是比较繁琐。

一家之言，望指正。

Like many self-taught artists, Perle Hessing did not begin to paint until she was well into middle age.

A) Like

E) As did

简洁性：如果意思同样，like+名词/代词比as+谓语简洁。

逻辑意思：many self-taught artists和Perle Hessing同样的范畴，应该是同样的动作， Perle Hessing did not那么many self-taught artists也应该did not，like就表明了这种同样的动作，相当于as did not 。而用as did则garble/tamper the meaning，表明Perle Hessing did not，但是many self-taught artists did。

但如果比较的对象是对立的范畴，如adult，child，则动作可能是对立的，也可能不对立。这时用like不妥当，要用as did或as did not清晰的表明动作的相同或对立。

我觉得这里这里不能用 as did是因为会有理解错误。

究竟是 象 其他artists一样没做，P也没做

还是          其他artists做了， P没做

所以不太好。事实上它这里 的 as did 是想表达 as did not的含义。还是用like比较好。

同意TIANWAN的说法

新东方老师说：因为谓语有两个动词，did和was，所以补did只能象其中的一个部分，表达意思不完整

好贴，正想问这个问题。

谢谢stoneren和tianwan的精彩注释。