两道prep中的语法题

Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.

A. Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as

E. Researchers have determined that, because of poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times more rare than

这道题为什么选E不选A？

many times as rare as这个表达不对吗？

还有due to 有问题吗？

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The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but, having no dangerous fangs and no venom, eventually, if its pursuer is not cowed by the performance, will fall over and play dead.

A. broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but, having no dangerous fangs and no venom,

B. broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom,

C. broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and

D. broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and

E. broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and

答案c

想问b为什么不对？

看成do...,doing作伴随,do....,and do......,but......

谁能帮俺分析下。。多谢啦

谢谢LS~~

那上面一道那？

第一题里的表达当然不对了,本身就矛盾.many times表示"很多倍",as rare as不是"和...一样稀少"吗?

例如: i have many times money as much as you do.

      i have many times more money than you do.

第二题我也不明白，划线后边的平行机构能详细说说吗？感觉很乱。谢谢。

2楼的方法是逻辑意思来判断，属于比较高级的方法，但是俺就因为词汇较差，没有法子看懂句子的意思，但是还是有方法突破的......

试一下这样看，是否觉得句子很平衡：

The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and  eventually, if its pursuer is not cowed by the performance, will fall over and play dead.

其它选项的结果不好在于：

AB项：broadens是与主句的谓动puts平衡，并列元素的最后一个必须有and引导以表示终结，但没有见到and的影子

D项：broadening ......and feigns看得出来也不对呵

E项：feigning是一系列分词的最后一个元素，见不到and，于是也排除啦

第一道题有疑问，谁说不能有 many times as rare as 这样的用法，难道as....as.....只能用来形容多吗

同。。我也是不明白句子意思。。

但是关于结构问题。。B. broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom  这里出现了and啊 后面是with伴随结构也不需要and 看不出错啊

to kluv：
 

不才谬论，给你添烦恼啦，真不好意思，是俺的疏忽，就厚颜的再讲讲B吧......将B代入原文，结果是：
 

The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, eventually, if its pursuer is not cowed by the performance, will fall over and play dead.

看见问题了吗？结构是——主句“The hognose snake puts......strikes，”+插入成分“but with, eventually, ”+【if主从句】

大结构的主句和从句之间都是逗号，但是没有连接词，所以......

不知道我的想法是否可以解决你的疑团？