[求助] 请教一道白勇语法题

snow2007

    

5. According to some analysts, whatever its merits, the
proposal to tax away all capital
gains on

short-term investments would, if enacted, have a disastrous effect on Wall
Street trading and employment.

            (A) its merits, the proposal to
tax

(B) its merits may be, the proposal of taxing

(C) its merits as a proposal, taxing

(D) the proposal's merits, to tax

            (E) the proposal's merits
are, taxing

why A instead of E?

snow2007

还有一道：

    

26 In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin
passed the Earth at about the same distance and in about the same position,
some 25 degrees above the horizon, that Halley's comet will pass the next time it appears.

(A) that Halley's comet will pass

(B) that Halley's comet is to be passing

(C) as Halley's comet

            (D) as will Halley's comet

            (E) as Halley's comet will
do

why E is wrong?  THank NN's help!

    

margaret1970

26.do 应省略

margaret1970

5.原句的主语是the proposal

E  答案的主语是the proposal's merits

改变了句意,并且句子结构混乱

snow2007

thank margaret!