请教大全907&17-13

iselibra

907.    Until quite recently, American presidents lived in a world in which the public and private realms of their lives were largely separate, and the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and Americans judged national leaders without receiving, or expecting, intimate information about them.
(A) and the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and
(B) where the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and where
(C) for the press cooperated to maintain the distinction and
(D) the press cooperated to maintain the distinction, for
(E) in which the press cooperated in maintaining the distinction, and in which

这题答案是E，虽然绝对的工整，可是也很罗嗦阿，
况且这里的in which用的没啥道理阿
而且这一题的意思我看不太懂，恳请nn指点

On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.
(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without
(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without
(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having
(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without
(E) settlers’ homes were built of mud and grass, making do without
这里用making do表示什么意思？
为什么选A不可以呢？

gemj

making do是凑合着用的意思。

iselibra

以下是引用gemj在2003-11-4 0:29:00的发言：
making do是凑合着用的意思。

ft
太阴险了
那么前面那个呢？