[求助]one question from Princeton Review: Verbal Workout of GMAT

one question from Princeton Review: Verbal Workout of GMAT

Baseball, the only major professional sport during the Great Depression, was as present as the weather, and as much discussed.

A. as present as the weather, and as much discussed

B. present like the weather was, and it was also discussed as much

C. as present and was discussed as the weather was

D. so present as to be discussed like the weather

E. present and discussed as often as the weather was

the answer is A, why? Anyone can explain for me pls?

b,c,d不用说，很容易就排除了。剩下A,E，E中的present as often as不正确，often不能用来修饰present,因为present本来就是形容词，所以只能放在as as中间。所以只能选A了，我认为这题不符合ets的思路，不用过多考虑。A很有可能是as much discussed (as the weather)省略了括号的内容。

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