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水色青空

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Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive or persistent weed, according to a decade-long study published in the journal Nature.

(A) because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to
(B) because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
(C) being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will
(D) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to
(E) being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become











答案选D，这个句子首先很奇怪的是我没有太看懂它的主语是什么意思：being genetically engineered??
另外，此处的being 为什么又合理呢？貌似一般being都要先排除吧？。。。。

水色青空

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