请教大全secton1-20

yankevi

Darwin was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; his tremendous originality lay in the fact that he proposed the idea of natural selection as the means by which evolution worked.

(A) lay in the fact that he proposed the idea

(B) lay in the fact of his proposing the idea

(C) laid in the fact of his proposing the idea

(D) laid in his proposal（E）

(E) lay in his proposal

为什么选E?

Seeming to be one of the few corporations diversified enough to survive the recession, many shareholders ignored the drop in third-quarter profits and invested even more heavily in Emco.

(A) Seeming to be

(B) As if

(C) In that they seemed

(D) Although it seemed（E）

(E) Because it seemed to be

红色标记的是我选的，为什么我错了？谢谢

liangqi77

第一题，我的理解是陈述一个事实，因此用一般时。

第二题，as if 应该引到一个句子，不是词组，应该选E。

yankevi

谢谢，可是还是有一个问题，还是一般现在时的话，应该是lays啊？主语是单的。。我查了一下字典，要么lay这里是lie的过去式？表示在于。。

二：because  it 。。。，这里的it指什么？

keke198537

什么呀，第一题里面lay是lie的过去时态！! lie lay lain: 展现的意思， lay laid laid，vt 放。。。