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Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.

A.    Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

B.    Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,

C.    Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they

D.    Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,

E.     Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they

The answer is A, why not D? In A, the structure is " Minivans carry... and cost.., allow..., and have.... The first "and" is unecessary. In D, the structure is "Minivans,     , cost..., allow..., and have... ", the structure accords with parallelism.

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今天做到这道题，我个人觉得应该选D。原因如下：

这句话表达了两个意思，一个是这个M车能够装7个人，另一个是说它比另一个车有优势。这两层意思都是说M车好，因此应该是递进的关系，而不应该是并列。A选项中用and连接表达的是并列关系。

这句话的重点应该是在与另一辆车的比较中体现出这辆车的好，因此D中将carry 7 passengers作为定语可以突出比较的强调。

因为从商科的角度去想，这句话很可能是来源于一个广告，重点宣传M车的好