请教一道语法题

virgmat

Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as muchbecause of their sales of a year earlier being so badas thatshoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

• of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
  
• of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
  
• of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
  
• their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
  
• their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
  

答案选4，但是as后面可以加because吗？觉得好奇怪，请大侠赐教，谢谢!!!

virgmat

Indigolove 发表于 2013-10-20 17:31
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sale ...

解释的太清楚了，谢谢

Indigolove

Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.

A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

Solution:
generally, because of noun Verbing
so we can elinimate A,B,C

Then in D,E

"as much ... as ..." is a parallel structure
as much because X as because Y

So the right answer is D

virgmat

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