It will not be possible to implicate melting sea ice in the coastal flooding that many global warming models have projected: just like a glass of water that will not overflow due to melting ice cubes, so melting sea ice does not increase oceanic volume.
It will not be possible to implicate melting sea ice in the coastal flooding that many global warming models have projected: just like a glass of water that will not overflow due to melting ice cubes, so melting sea ice does not increase oceanic volume.
(A) like a glass of water that will not overflow due to melting ice cubes, (B) like melting ice cubes that do not cause a glass of water to overflow, (C) a glass of water will not overflow because of melting ice cubes, (D) as melting ice cubes that do not cause a glass of water to overflow, (E) as melting ice cubes do not cause a glass of water to overflow,
正确答案是E。
关于as和like的解释是The preposition like introduces nouns and noun phrases; the conjunction as introduces verbs or clauses, so as is required here.