OG-25

25.

The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.

(A) excited

(B) it excited

(C) exciting

(D) would excite

(E) it had excited

the correct answer is C which I understand.

我的问题是如何快速判断 excite 是与saw平行, 还是与receiving and fetching平行?

我的判断是，如果与saw平行， 则该用 excited， 主语为The end of the eighteenth century，而没有意义，排除。

如果与receiving and fetching平行， 则该用 exciting, 主语为individual bulls and cows ，有意义，是正确选项。

我这样想的对吗？

我们讨论讨论。

谢谢！

我认为如果excite与saw 平行的话，句中的两个并列成分receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices中间应该用and连接；并且从句意的角度来考虑The end of the eighteenth century excited 是讲不通的。