大全24题

ninaluan

24.A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early retirement rather than face the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance.
(A) had elected early retirement rather than face
(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing
(C) have elected retiring early instead of facing
(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing
(E) have elected to retire early rather than face

答案是E，rather than 要底什么时候用ing，什么时候用原形？有什么分辨标志吗？谢谢！

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-1-20 13:57:25编辑过]

i7123

为什么没人回答呢？不能选B是因为elect后面不能直接接宾语吧？

snowflower

从句的时态应该和主句一致，所以排除1，2，3；FACE是和RETIRE平行的，所以选E。