1.For some birds the sense of smell appears to play a role in navigation, since pigeons with surgically removed olfactory nerves were found to have increased difficulties in homing.
(A) were found to have increased difficulties
(B) have been found to have increased difficulty
(C) were found to have increasing difficulty
(D) had been found to have increased difficulties
(E) have been found to have increasing difficulties
A) 时态错。appears一般时,不跟过去和过去完成。 B) best. have difficulty in固定表达; increased有表增加后结果的意味。 C) 时态错。 D) 时态错。 E) increasing有表增加正在进行的意味;difficulties错,应该是difficulty。