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            By the mid-seventeenth century, Amsterdam had built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter’s in Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale in Venice
                could rival it for scale or magnificence.

(A) could rival it for

(B) were the rivals of it in their

(C) were its rival as to

(D) could be its rivals in their（A）

(E) were rivaling its

看过前面同学发过的问题，知道A是一种固定搭配，但是为什么D不对呢？是因为表达过于累赘吗？

谢谢

可是这题XDF发的那个语法分册上给的答案是E啊～

大全给A的｀

到底哪个对