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Initiated fivecenturies after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992,Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search forextraterrestrial intelligence.

(A) Initiated fivecenturies after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992,Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search forextraterrestrial intelligence.

(B) Initiated onColumbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, a$100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence waspledged by Project SETI.

(C) Initiated onColumbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World,Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search forextraterrestrial intelligence.

(D) Pledging a $100million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, theinitiation of Project SETI five centuries after Europeans arrived in the NewWorld on Columbus Day 1992.

(E) Pledging a $100million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence fivecenturies after Europeans arrived in the New World, on Columbus Day 1992, theinitiation of Project SETI took place.

此题为什么不选A，而选C？  

michellerao11

A 成了 Europeans arrived in the New World 在1992年    而不是原句 Project initiated on 1992.

ukyo2003

英语常识
1st Europeans (Columbus/哥伦布) arrived in the New World in 1492, that day (10/12) has been defined as Columbus Day afterwards
This project was initiated in 1992, 5 centuries after 1492

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