请教大全119

sesame11

119.    Artificial intelligence emerged during the late 1950’s as an academic discipline based on the assumption that computers are able to be programmed to think like people.
(A) are able to be programmed to think like people
(B) were able to be programmed to think as people
(C) can be programmed to think as people can
(D) could be programmed to think like people
(E) are capable of being programmed to think like people do

答案为D, 请问people后面不用补出do的原因也是因为没有歧义吗?多谢!

marshial

like is prep.,not conj.

sesame11

thanks a lot!