困惑的GWD题目，求帮助

qiongle

Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies' service areas, the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

• Aand electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening
• Band electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
• Cand electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening
• Dcompany and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening
• Ecompany and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
  

正解E，但是A哪里明显错误了？不能选A？

qiongle

自己顶一下，求解答

qiongle

自己顶一下，求解答

摇曳的叶子

the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.
1、 the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company
可以理解为： the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company （one company）
                or    the merger of the nation's leading gas company and electric company （two companies）
2、 with sb/sth doing sth 表示一种伴随的状态，根据句意应该是因果关系，“as” here acts as an conjunction, means “ because”.
ps：comments above are MPOs.

kiwifoodtown

这里，必须要说明是天然气公司和电力公司的合并。A选项显然没有说清楚这点。