PP1-SC (新題) (V1.4版)

Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Arqentine Pampas, (the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in) farming practices.

A. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

B. the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

C. that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to

D. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers' vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in

E. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers' vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

Answer: B

請教各位牛人，各選項要如何排除，謝謝~

读懂句子就不难排除。

like放在句首，很明显考可比性。就像草地和牧草，这些鸟也消失了。因此主语为sandpipers或bird，排除DE。排除A是因为vanishing只修饰了鸟，没顾及到草地和草。C语法错误，that引导句子使得缺少主句。