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1.        Once the economic and social usefulness of the motor car was demonstrated and with its superiority to the horse being proved, much of the early hostility to it in rural regions disappeared.

(A) and with its superiority to the horse being

(B) and its superiority over the horse had been

(C) and its superiority to the horse

(D) its superiority over the horse（C）

(E) with its superiority to the horse having been

疑问:C项 是不是在prove前省略了is,可以这样省略吗?要不然怎么理解呢?

1.        Real similar to a Hollywood movie set with nothing behind the building fronts, the country’s apparent new-found affluence masks a very different reality: most citizens are not living at all well.

(A) Real similar to

(B) Much as if it was

(C) As though

(D) Like（D）

(E) Just as

疑问:just as 与like 有什么区别?该题为什么不能选E项?

1. proved 前面省略了 was， 同 was demonstrated 平行。这种省略是可以的。

2. just as 中的 as 是连词，后面跟完整句子。like 是介词，后面跟名词。

明白了.谢谢joe11 !