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Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.

 

(A) because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to

(B) because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to

(C) being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will

(D) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to

(E) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become

答案是D

Fadaway

这题2个考点，一个是agreement 后面的 an invasive.......weed是单数，所以前面的 they 不一致；第二个是指代不明，it 明显指代不明，所以 D是对的
对了，其实最大的问题是 作主语的 Because............这个从句不是主语从句 而是条件状语从句， 假如 要用从句主语的话，是 That the plant is genetically engineered doesnot....
或者用不定式 To be gene................，但不定时被动语态很变扭，所以动名词做主语在这是最好的

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