[問題]GMATPre Practice Test2 30 of 41

[Stanley168]

During the same period in which the Maya were developing a hieroglyphic system of writing, the Aztec people also developed a written language, but it was not as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya and was more pictographic in nature.

A)but it was not as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya and was

B)but it was not as highly sophisticated as the Maya, being

C)but, not as highly sophisticated as the Maya's, was

D)not as highly sophisticated as that of the Maya, however, being

E)not as highly sophisticated as the Maya's however, it was

答案是A
我是覺得那個it 看起來很怪啦
但似乎沒有更好的答案
看是不是有人可以講解一下!
謝謝!!!

[hsudk]

(A)中的 it 優先指代主句中的名詞，主句中只有兩個名詞，一個people，一個language, it 不可指代people,很明顯指代language，very clear
(B)(D)being => awkward, 主詞不明確
(C)的主詞變成people，動詞was不對
(E)run-on sentence