请教大全-81 :)

请教大全-81

     Although fruit can no longer grow once it is picked, it continues for some time to respire, taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide, similar to the way human beings breathe.

(A) similar to the way human beings breathe

(B) similarly to human beings who are breathing

(C) just like the breathing of human beings

(D) as human beings when breathing（E）

(E) just as human beings do when they breathe

E是对没错，请问为什么A不行啊？

similar to 前面没有表示the way fruits breath 的单个名词，而 similar to后接名词，前后不对称。所以不能选 A.

要根据句意来分析,不要只从语法上考虑.