Under high pressure and intense heat, graphite, the most stable form of pure carbon, changes into the substance commonly referred to as diamond and remaining this way whether or not the heat and pressure are removed.
Under high pressure and intense heat, graphite, the most stable form of pure carbon, changes into the substance commonly referred to as diamond and remaining this way whether or not the heat and pressure are removed.
A. remaining this way whether or not B. remaining like that even as C. remaining as such whether or not D. remains in this way although E. remains thus even when 正确答案是E,ABC可以很容易排除,个人感觉D也是可以的。另外E中thus even when的结构怎么理解呢?
remains in this way会让人产生carbon一直处于 "changes into the substance commonly referred to as diamond "这样的动态的过程中,而不是diamond这种物质静态中。后面的让步状语从句更加强了这种感觉。而even when是带有让步语气的时间状语从句,比较倾向于表达静态的意思。