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以下是引用yzlinlin在2003-10-26 6:38:00的发言：
这题我每次做都会对答案A有些感觉怪怪的。

22. Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.
(A) films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(B) in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills
(C) coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West
(D) films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills
(E) films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

C除了是用被动语态外，它在对称上我觉得比A更好。Although X are ... in films,  in reality X live....(当然，如果把选项C中的in films about the American West 放在句首则更好了)。

为什么不选C呢？ETS也并没有完全否定被动语态，我理解的是在被动相比主动显得繁杂时ETS不支持被动。