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632.        Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

(A) Selling several hundred thousand copies in six months, the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899 was an instant hit, helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

(B) The publication in 1899 of “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit: in six months they sold several hundred thousand copies and it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

(C) Helping to establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer was the publication of “Maple Leaf Rag” in 1899, which was an instant hit: it sold several hundred thousand copies in six months.

(D) “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit: it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer, published in 1899 and selling several hundred thousand copies in six months.（E）

D. 'it' 指代不明

published and selling 逻辑主语不详

sell是主动表被动

类似的词还有,hear, wash , smell...等

(E) Published in 1899, “Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit, selling several hundred thousand copies in six months: it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.

E选项后面的":"是什么用法呢. ":"一般是解释说明的做用啊..但是我觉得这个题目里没有解释的逻辑关系,难道说用it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer来解释Maple Leaf Rag” was an instant hit,还是来解释selling several hundred thousand copies in six months.

又或者,":"在这里是表示it helped establish Scott Joplin as the preeminent ragtime composer.是结果????

个人觉得是句子的重点在于establish这部分。。所以E啦