Manhattan: being、having,虽然二者大多数情况是错的,但GMAT也通常会制造一些其他的语法错误,使得此类选项稍好一点。(being除了2种情况1,介词+being done;2,进行时被动语态 be being done)
这里despite是介词,+being called是对的
E里的错误不是being,而是逻辑主语的错误,被called a sea的是the landlocked Caspian,而E中却是”the largest lake“ being called a sea,同理,后面的,+covering也错误的修饰了the largest lake,“covering " is intended to modify
"the landlocked Caspian"。 其次关于being的用法。确实是要看它是什么成分,for example可以参照OG13版的第100题,正确的句子是Being heavily commited to a course of action is likely to make an executive miss signs. 这里的being是主语的一部分,所以不能省略,这道题C选项中的though called a sea,called a sea是修饰语,所以being是修饰语的一部分,是没必要加的。