SC语法的问题求指教！求解第五题！

怪得有腔调

第三题：

Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.

(A) Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work both rooted

(B) Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work that was rooted both

(C) Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who produced a body of work rooted

(D) Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted

(E) Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both

正确答案是D，我的问题是：1. B选项先不考虑其错误地方，这样的语法结构相对于D是不是更简明呢？
                                            2. 这里的both为什么不能理解为源于tradition of Willie 和 duke 呢？需要给duke前加上tradition吗？



第五题：

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

A. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications

B. an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D. so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

E. so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

正确答案是E，我的问题是：如果用 a symptom of 是不是更有 parrallel 的味道呢？


希望路过的亲们可以拨冗给小妹解答，谢谢！！
最后祝大家GMAT高分飘过！~~

448258130

好多啊，一题一个贴会有大牛来的

4Hs

3. 1）有很多句子会有这样的结构，主语+同位语+谓语，简洁程度上两种都差不多；

但我认为这里还是将Jazz pianist and composer前置好，因为后置很容易引起歧义，使读者认为主语是三个人：Thelonious Monk， the Jazz pianist and composer
所以你认为的简明，简和明都不具备；

2）首先浅层面上看，both and 讲究平行，请你看下放在这里平行吗？
第二，请你仔细分析句子的意思，文中rooted 仅仅只在in the stride-piano tradition这里，（详见OG解释）如果你要加both，请这样加： in the stride-piano tradition of both Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke Ellington。

4. spoke是谓语动词


希望对你有帮助，杀鸡共勉。

怪得有腔调

448258130 发表于 2013-11-18 15:52
好多啊，一题一个贴会有大牛来的

哦，这样~~开始我还攒着题，因为担心贴多了浪费论坛位置。谢谢啦！~

怪得有腔调

4Hs 发表于 2013-11-18 17:23
3. 1）有很多句子会有这样的结构，主语+同位语+谓语，简洁程度上两种都差不多；

但我认为这里还是将Jazz p ...

你的答案对我很有启示！~另外第二题的in planning 可能是修饰前面的graduates 的，我当时没看懂。
非常感谢！~