gwd9-17

No.89 GWD9-17: GWD12-18:

Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies’ service areas, the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

A.   and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

B.    and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

C.   and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening

D.   company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening

E.    company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

想請問一下這一題的考點在哪裡  完全沒有頭緒  謝謝

The answer is A???

我的理解：

1.主语与谓语动词的一致

The merger of …是主语，谓语动词用单数，排除B,C,D.

2.意思清晰：

A  the nation’s leading gas and electric company有歧义，表达不清楚，认为只有一个公司，这个公司是gas和electric都leading，

D项表达清楚。

3.With doing形式不正确，表明动作伴随发生的用as比较好

D正确。

但D用的是 are intending to create 

主语是the merger of ... 所以谓语不是应该用单数么？