secA-12新问

12.   Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked

(A) lay in the fact that he proposed the idea

(B) lay in the fact of his proposing the idea

(C) laid in the fact of his proposing the idea

(D) laid in his proposal

(E) lay in his proposal

答案为Ｅ．我选Ａ．看以前的讨论说Ａ　wordy．Ｅ确实简洁．可是偶注意到the means前面有as．前面应该有个动词．应该是propose...as...比较搭配吧？proposal of ...as...感觉不爽？？一直想不通

请大家指教．

以下是引用amber0919在2006-2-1 15:41:00的发言：

12.   Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked

(A) lay in the fact that he proposed the idea

(B) lay in the fact of his proposing the idea

(C) laid in the fact of his proposing the idea

(D) laid in his proposal

(E) lay in his proposal

答案为Ｅ．我选Ａ．看以前的讨论说Ａ　wordy．Ｅ确实简洁．可是偶注意到the means前面有as．前面应该有个动词．应该是propose...as...比较搭配吧？proposal of ...as...感觉不爽？？一直想不通

请大家指教．

不一定后面的as一定要和propose连. 这里的as 是做为...

这道题争议在DE, 是lie in 还是lay in.

我选D. 个人看法..

应该不是,因为原句有"originality ". 不能用现再时.

个人看法.

D, laid.

by which evolution worked