GWD25-Q31

New items developed for automobiles in the 1997 model
year included

a safer air bag , which, unlike previous air bags,
eliminated the possibility

that a burst of smoke would appear when the bag
inflated, and making an

already terrified passenger think the car was on fire.

A.    
inflated,
and making.

B.    
Inflated,
so that it could make.

C.    
Inflated
and made.

D.    
Inflated
and make.

E.     
Inflated
to make.

我选E，找到的答案有D，有E。觉得D好像还更好些。请NN指正！

选D,看make动作的发出者是谁，

It should be more reasonable that a burst of smoke (make) a passenger think the car was on fire,"make" parallel to "appear". If you choose E, the bag becomes the subject, which is illogical.

agreed

and前後對稱的地方是smoke would appear.....and make

所以D沒有錯,如果用to,表示一種目的,從前後文邏輯來觀察,應當是一陣煙會出現並造成乘客以為車子著火了