GWD-3-Q11

GWD-1-Q2

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

1. their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging

2. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

3. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging

4. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges

5. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

是道有争议的题，如果假设B和D的which可以修饰market，为什么选B而不选D？

GWD-3-Q11

Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

A.        of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that

B.        of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because

C.       of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because

D.       their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because

E.        their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

请问D是哪两个在比较？例如as+adj+a/an+N+as=a/an+N+as+adj+as吗？

谢谢NN的指点！

GWD-3-Q11

Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

A.        of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that

B.        of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because

C.       of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because

D.       their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because

E.        their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

请问D是哪两个在比较？例如as+adj+a/an+N+as=a/an+N+as+adj+as吗？

谢谢NN的指点！

谢谢！

但是请问下D是哪两个在比较？

原题替换为D选项后：

Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

as much... as...的用法，本句是：

as much because x as because y

as much because x (their sales a year earlier had been so bad) as because y (shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gilts)

请问 A和C中being用法错误的原因是因为because of后面要接句子吗？还是因为主句用了一般过去时（reported)，所以从句也要用过去的时态？还是两者都是呢？

感谢回答～