A吧。according开头,后面应该用cause开头,这样保证according这个分词短语有修饰的逻辑主语,因此排除c,d,e.
接着一个固定搭配和平行,not so much ..... as .... ,最后的未画线部分是as that ...... , 因此前面对应加上that就平行了,即 not so much that .... , as that ,与其说....,不如说.... ;所以我选A。
1. not so much X as Y固定搭配,且要求XY平行
2. or两侧平行
B. Not as much...as much as, for looks和meeting不平行
C. not so much...as much as, for looks和meeting不平行
D. not so much...so much as, for looks和meeting不平行
E. the cause和that不平行