这题C为什么不对呢？

lllmmm

Like the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth, to gather information about its size and curvature of its surface, new observations have been made by astronomers that show with startling directness the large-scale geometry of the universe.

(A) Like the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth, to gather information about its size and curvature of its surface, new observations have been made by astronomers
(B) Like the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth for gathering information about its size and also the curvature of its surface, new observations have been made by astronomers
(C) Similar to the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth, where they gathered information about its size and the curvature of its surface, astronomers have made new observations
(D) Like the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth gathering information about its size and the curvature of its surface, astronomers have made new observations
(E) Just as with the great navigators who first sailed around the Earth, gathering information about its size and curvature of the surface, astronomers have made new observations

这题C为什么不对呢？

毛毛的臭脚丫

感觉where后的they有问题吧。好像应该跟形容earth的东西而不是形容航海家

毛毛的臭脚丫

非专业回答 欢迎拍砖

hellcan

due to  similar to  differing from 有形容词性质的介词不能出现在句首。。。。。。。。

lllmmm

是这样啊   谢谢hellcan!

gots

应该选什么呢？

lllmmm

选D