[讨论]GWD 7一道语法题

ybalawan

Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

 

A.     the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

B.      the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

C.     that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to

D.     in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in

E.      in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

给出的答案是B。

我觉得这道题有问题。从5个选项来看，没有一个可以和"grassy fields and old pastures"做比较。

如果非得在这5个选项中选择，我选D。

大家讨论一下吧。

谢谢！

ybalawan

Please help!

sourceme

我觉得至少应该是名词和名词的比较。而其他几个选项都是动名词。