很纠结的一道题 求教！

lllmmm

gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.
A.    On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B.    With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C.    A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding整个成分啥都不是
D.    Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E.    Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold名词beingdone必错

这题A为什么不对呢（答案是D）

liujin

On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.
A.    On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B.    With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C.    A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding整个成分啥都不是
D.    Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E.    Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold名词beingdone必错

-- by 会员 lllmmm (2010/11/23 23:54:49)

aeoluseros

A里面making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold无所修饰，他不能向前修饰passed，只能做状语向后面主句修饰。造成逻辑不合理。
B中with的使用错误，虽然with有表原因的意思，但是同时也有伴随的意思，with用在这里表达了这个law是immigrants带来的；另外一个绝对性小错误：hold单复数错误。
E里面主要错误应该是due to的错误（1. 它不能用句首，2.它的逻辑含义不对，用caused by来替换下due to就发现了），第二点才是being的累赘

lllmmm

谢谢！！！

micro418

这个题目D选项里面的it是什么呢？