TTGWD7-4D 和E还是想不通

Q4:

The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.

1. contact with it directly with
2. direct contact with it by way of
3. contact with the last directly through
4. direct contact with the latter by means of
5. contact directly with the mystical level due to

D 和E还是想不通

Q4:         

The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience.

1. contact with it directly with
2. direct contact with it by way of
3. contact with the last directly through
4. direct contact with the latter by means of
5. contact directly with the mystical level due to

Answer: D

这道题我的完整的思路是这样的，首先因为it的指代问题我们可以排除AB,之后因为前面只出现两种level所以不可能出现最高级排除C，最后C和D这里我的想法比较简单就是因为due to在GMAT里只表示原因，而不论是从前文的contact还是后文的experience我觉得这里都应该是一个方法，所以这块应该是用through或者是by means of故选D