143. Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago. (A) rather than developing independently from (B) rather than a type that developed independently from (C) rather than a type whose development was independent of (D) instead of developing independently from (E) instead of a development that was independent of
C选项为什么不选。。。
答案说是:In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point_that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor.
这段话什么意思,看不懂。。。
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