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In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about four

cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that brought its western border

within reach of the Pacific Ocean.



(A) In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for about

four cents an acre, which more than doubled the country's size and that brought

(B) For about four cents an acre the United States acquired, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803,

828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size and it brought  

(C) With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States acquired 828,000 square miles for

about four cents an acre, more than doubling its size and bringing

(D) The United States, in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, for about four cents an acre, acquired

828,000 square miles, more than doubling the country's size, bringing

(E) Acquiring 828,000 square miles in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the United States bought it

for about four cents an acre, more than doubling the country's size and bringing  

E C

选C没有问题 问题在于ITS SIZE不会指代不清吗 一开始看到下面有COUNRY'S就直接选了那个。。。

Boot

IMO C
不会，未划线部分its也是指代US。E的it和未划线部分的its指代不一致。
而且，其他四个答案或多或少都有问题，C虽然用了with结构我很不舒服，但是从语法上来说没问题。GMAT的答案是比出来的。

zhaoyiqing

我觉得E是无指代的
问题是我看到C的时候觉得C 两个ITS都指代不清 虽然觉得 逻辑意思上是带的US

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