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LeannaChina

Q1:
The four-million-year-old fossilized skeleton known as Lucy is so small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the same species, and so some paleontologists have argued that Lucy represents a different lineage.

A.    presumed to be of the same species, and so
B.    presumed to be of the same species that
C.    presumed that they are of the same species, and so
D.    that they have presumed to be of the same species, so that
E.    that they have presumed are of the same species, and
  Answer:

为什么是B 不是E 呢 各位大侠帮忙看看哈  我看E也挺对的。。。呵呵呵

毛毛carina

句子主干：the skeleton is so small  that paleontologists have argued that

E选项 that they have presumed  犯了wordy的错误； so ……that句型不完整

chongyi

选择E改变了原文的意思，原文是presumed to be of the same species做定语修饰other skeletons，也就是说，即使Lucy 与其他skeletons相比是so small，这些skeletons和Lucy是同一物种这是不可改变的。如果你选择了E就变成了Lucy 如此的小，导致的结果是Lucy和other skeletons是同一物种，这显然逻辑上出现了错误。 而且E将原文中的so...that...中的that引导的some paleontologists have argued结果状语从句改成了and连接的并列句，使得some paleontologists have argued与前文的Lucy is so small没有了任何关系