GMATprep一道百思不得其解

 The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street’s estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.
    

A. The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street’s estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.

B. The report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, and they announced the first in a series of price cuts that they intend to increase sales further.

C. Surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, the report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, and, for the purpose of increasing sales further, they announced the first in a series of price cuts.

D. The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of increasing sales further that surpass Wall Street’s estimates.

E. The computer company, surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing that to increase sales further, there would be the first in a series of price cuts

A不是有严重的指代不清问题吗？

B."The report" and "they" are not parallel

C. Same error as B's.

D. "wall street's estimates"指代的应当是"earnings"，而不是选项里的"increasing sales"

E. "wall street's estimates"指代的应当是"earnings"，而不是选项里的"The computer company"

排出此四项错误，我们再来看A

主语：The company,两个并列的行为a,b：a)reported strong second quarter earnings + b)announced the first in a series of price cuts， 各有一个修饰短语来修饰："a)that surpassed wall street's estimates" and "b)intended to increase sales further".