求教一道语法题

yigexiaosb

“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A，希望NN帮忙解释一下E为什么错了啊？  对于former这个词语有和没有不是很清楚考点在什么地方啊。。。

aeoluseros

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三零年代

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-- by 会员 aeoluseros (2010/11/6 19:32:03)

从帖子讨论来看，答案是E啊，不是A啊。