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When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it took less than eight days and cost less than $6.

A. When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it

B. Moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100; using the canal, it

C. Before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks and cost $100; on the canal the move

D. In 1825, before opening the Erie Canal, to move a ton of wheat took three weeks from Buffalo to New York City, which cost $100; moving it on the canal

E. To move a ton of wheat in 1825 from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks before the opening of the Erie Canal, costing $100, but in using the canal, the move

感觉这题很奇怪，不知道在考点什么。反正知道D有个which肯定错；E 中costing $100 是错的。其他的不知道了。请指教

以下是引用niuniu1438在2009-4-23 20:02:00的发言：

31. GWD30-Q31:

A. When a ton of wheat was being moved from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100, but when the canal was used, it

It refers to a ton of wheat, illogical;

B. Moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, it took three weeks and cost $100; using the canal, it

It is extra here (two subjects), It cannot refer to the whole action; the second it has no referent

C. Before the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, moving a ton of wheat from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks and cost $100; on the canal the move

the move here clearly refers to moving a ton of wheat (both serve as a noun)

D. In 1825, before opening the Erie Canal, to move a ton of wheat took three weeks from Buffalo to New York City, which cost $100; moving it on the canal

which cannot describe the whole sentence; it has no referent

E. To move a ton of wheat in 1825 from Buffalo to New York City took three weeks before the opening of the Erie Canal, costing $100, but in using the canal, the move

the move here cannot refer to the action to move a ton of wheat;
in using is awkward

感觉这题很奇怪，不知道在考点什么。反正知道D有个which肯定错；E 中costing $100 是错的。其他的不知道了。请指教

可是为什么e选项的costing 100不对呢，在这里可以用来修饰句子啊？？？？？？？？？？？？

E 从结构上看，由于 but 前面是逗号，costing 即可以伴随前面的 took 3 weeks，也可以与后面的 using the canal 并列，是“夹心饼干”。而且 the move 不可作 in using the canal 的逻辑主语，其逻辑主语应该是人。

从整个句子的平行来看，第一个分局谓语动词 took... and cost...平行，而且这样的句子结构也与未划线部分的 took less than... and cost less than... 平行。