求助：GMAT Prep上的两个小问题

自由心证

As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

A.      As the former

B.      The former

C.      Former

D.     She was

E.      As the



答案是E，没有异议。



为什么其他选项会错呢？大家有什么高见?比如A, B, C中the former redundant? D 没有连词, run-on。还有更好的解释么?谢谢。





More than 300 rivers chain into Siberia’s Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes
combined.
A.      More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia’s Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, more than all the North
American Great Lake combined.
B.      With 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia’s Lake Baikal
has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.
C.      Siberia’s Lake Baikal
, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world’s freshwater than all that of North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.
D.     While more than 300 rivers drain into it, it holds more of the world’s fresh water, which is ore than all the North American Great Lakes combined

E.      More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia’s Lake Baikal
, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world’s fresh water.


这一题应该选什么？谢谢！

eric1004

第一个不清楚
第二个个人认为应该选择E