求助！OG13第65题

fightingxuxu

65. Digging in sediments in northern China, evidence has
been gathered bv scientists suggesting that complex
life-forms emerged much earlier than thev had
previously thought.
(A) evidence has been gathered by scientists
suggesting that complex life-forms emerged
much earlier than they had
(B) evidence gathered by scientists suggests a
much earlier emergence of complex life-forms
than had been
(C) scientists have gathered evidence suggesting
that complex life-formsemerged much earlier
than
(D) scientists have gathered evidence that suggests
a much earlier emergence of complex life-forms
than that which was
(E) scientists have gathered evidence which
suggests a much earlier emergence of complex
life-forms than that

本题正确答案选C

想问下：complex life-forms emerged much earlier than previously thought这个比较结构是省略了什么内容吗？一直不太擅长比较结构，能不能帮我分析一下这个句子的结构？
万分感谢！

肉肉公

这句话中，suggesting that 是做结果状语么？

fightingxuxu

15801218581 发表于 2013-8-17 09:38
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感谢！~~

15801218581

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Timberwolves21

前面的digging...china修饰的只能是人，所以后面句子的主语是scientists而不是evidence。
后面suggesting that从句里用动词emerge比用名词emergence更简洁，所以选C。
个人感觉than (scientists) previously thought吧。