向大牛求助

zhjie

. With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A)    With
(B)    As
(C)    Being
(D)    Despite having
(E)    Although accounting for
选e
不知道为什么，省略了they are?A不能做独立主格吗？
其他选项又怎么解释？

yhwut

由于主语是citizens所以abcd错。
美国人占(account for)总人口5%，不能说美国人有(have/with)人口的5%