OG 第31题求助

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31. Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static, Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another. (A) Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were (B) Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being (C) Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were (D) Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were (E) Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being

正确答案D，
这个题目OG的解释我差点吐了。，简直不能再恶心。
说B是wordy and awkward，C是wordy and awkward，E是wordy and indrect。
有没有牛牛能解释一下，怎么怎么就wordy了，怎么怎么就awkward了。
出了A我能判断出比较对象不平行。

mnimi

这题解释你要看前面， The sentence must not compare widespread convictions with McClintock herself. 意思是说逗号后面，, Barbara McClintock 是以这个人作为主语，所以前面选项要以人作为比较对象，这样，只有AE选项是不对的。后面看B,C出现being conviced that genes were和convinced of gened being基本就可以直接排除了，因为说的不太像“人”话啊。最后只好选D