一道GMATprep语法题，惑!

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As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan attended  more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

A:

B: The former

C Former

D She was

E As the

不明白为什么选E 不选A !

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-19 14:49:11编辑过]

chnp

从句子意思来考虑，主句的两个谓语显然都是他作为主席时候做的事情，如果加了former，就变成了这两个动作是不做主席之后做的了，明显不对了。而且从句的本身的表达方式已经说明了他不再是主席了，不需要再加单词说明了。

dori0214

作前主席作了18年，这不是嘲别人嘛