[求助]prep-1-135 对答案的一点疑惑

singletonboy

135.At one time, the majestic American chestnut was so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could jump from tree to tree without once touching the ground between New York
            State and Georgia.

(A) so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could

(B) so prevalent that a squirrel was said that it could

(C) so prevalent for a squirrel to be said to be able to

(D) prevalent enough that it was said a squirrel could

(E) prevalent enough for a squirrel to be said to be able to

做题时虽然可以通过排除法得到A，但是总觉得it be said that中的that不能够省略。

请问各位童鞋，大家除了这个题目，还遇到过其他省略that的情况么？

foreverlei

say和announce的that可有可无

cl725

很明显it指代有问题~到底指chestnut还是squirrel,摸棱两可~所以排除~另外如果it做形式主语,第1不能从句后面紧跟从句~第2,that不能省略~

所以很明显选B~so....that~

tq0a4bvc

gmat 的caodan之处就在这里，明明说宾语从句不能省略that，却又有特例，lz很不幸，say就是一个特例。

singletonboy

to: foreverlei & tq0a4bvc:

thanks, 收到！

to cl725

答案是A,虽然我已开始也错选了B。。。。

clarry

为了语言的优美，省略了第二个that，这样避免在很短的单词内出现两个that。