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As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former

(B) The former

(C) Former

(D) She was

(E) As the

看了各位版主的哪个pdf版本的笔记，还是不明白为啥不能选A， 大家可以讨论一下吗？

As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years

==》简单说，the former 和后面的for 18 consecutive years 在一起容易造成歧义。

到底是作为 前主席干了18年：意思是18年前是主席，从主席下来之后又接着作为前主席干了18年？ ==》这是有 the former的情况

还是 干了18年的主席，现在不是了？==》这是没有 the former的情况

体会一下意思，应该是后一种情况。所以A B C 都不对。

attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications这里是过去时，所以只能是主席。

换个角度看，没有人会以前主席的身份attends(ed) the meetings.

如果是前主席，我觉得应该用完成时。