【请教】GWD-TN-2 Q11

Gump5021

Retailers reportedmoderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of ayear earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start onbuying their holiday gifts.
A.   of their sales of a year earlier being sobad as that
B.   of their sales a year earlier having been asbad as because
C.   of their sales a year earlier being as badas because
D.   their sales a year earlier had been so badas because
E.    their sales of a year earlier were as bad asthat
[D]

Gump5021

这里 as 和 because 的用法看不懂。。

高正太爱吃肉

此题是as much as 短语的考察，两个because是as...as...中间的内容，as 和because 没关系的

Gump5021

此题是as much as 短语的考察，两个because是as...as...中间的内容，as 和because 没关系的

-- by 会员 高正太爱吃肉 (2011/11/6 17:50:00)

这里as much ....... as .......   这一句是什么意思？

yeah529

Retailers reportedmoderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of ayear earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start onbuying their holiday gifts.
A.   of their sales of a year earlier being sobad as that
B.   of their sales a year earlier having been asbad as because
C.   of their sales a year earlier being as badas because
D.   their sales a year earlier had been so badas because
E.    their sales of a year earlier were as bad asthat
[D]

-- by 会员 Gump5021 (2011/11/6 17:30:41)

把D换上去
Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because shoppers were getting a head start onbuying their holiday gifts.


这里是平行结构，as much...as后面都用because，结构清晰。如果选择其他选项，要不是because of和because不平行，就是中间插入as bad as引起歧义。不知道后面那个as是与as much as搭配还是和as bad as搭配的。