[讨论]大全192－193

192.                             By the mid-seventeenth century, ffice:smarttags" />Amsterdam had built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter’s in Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale in Venice could rival it for scale or magnificence.fficeffice" />

(A) could rival it for

(B) were the rivals of it in their

(C) were its rival as to

(D) could be its rivals in their（A）

(E) were rivaling its

rival 是名词啊，为什么不选D?

193.                             Byron possessed powers of observation that would have made him a great anthropologist and that makes his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time.

(A) makes his letters as a group the rival of

(B) makes his letters as a group one to rival

(C) makes his letters a group rivaling

(D) make his letters as a group the rival of（D）

(E) make his letters a group which is the rival of

不是make sth. sth.吗为什么选择D?