[求助]大全885 section06-03,21 纠结ing..

The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.

(A) excited

(B) it excited

(C) exciting

(D) would excite （C）

(E) it had excited

想问 选C是因为平行吗？  reveiving... fetching and exciting ?

excite 在这里是 stimulate的意思? 

我怎么觉得意思不通,   忘指点~~~ 感激~~

In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.

(A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes

(B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes

(C) it was the antipodes that was Australia

(D) Australia was what was the antipodes （A）

(E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes

划线部分该怎么翻译? 

施舍点idea`~~

那位善良的GG OR MM指点一下啊~~   我等

我猜想意思应该是在澳大利亚这片土地还不是澳大利亚这个国家的时候，它很蛮荒。。。嘿嘿

第一题平行结构要对称，excite使什么什么兴奋

我猜的，不知道对不对。

第二题是不是选E啊？