PP1-SC (新題) (V1.4版)(請教各位牛人，如何排除?)

[kimoqueen]

Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Arqentine Pampas, (the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in) farming practices.

A. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

B. the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

C. that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to

D. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers' vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in

E. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers' vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

Answer: B

請教各位大大各選項要如何排除，謝謝~

[stephenhsu]

like a,b
cde沒有馬上接S 刪
A sandpiper不等於a result of 刪

[yentzu_orig]

C 沒有主要子句；A, D, E 用來做為like的比較對象，語意有欠缺（Like A, B如此如此….完整句子）；
這個問題問到一個like句型的key point；我新版的「破解GMAT語法改錯」會考慮將你這個問題放進去------有好問題才會有好答案, Tks, anyway.