[問題] 大全987-629

[airdog]

Seeming to be one of the few corporations diversified enough to survive the recession, many shareholders ignored the drop in third-quarter profits and invested even more heavily in Emco.
(A) Seeming to be
(B) As if
(C) In that they seemed
(D) Although it seemed
(E) Because it seemed to be

答案是E 不過我覺得to be不是都該省略嗎
另外，E中的指代為何是one of the few corporations
再者 although為何不若because好

謝謝～

[jamesbegins]

seem to be N 是慣用似乎不能想省就省...

it 代替Emco這間公司

至於because....原題句意有因果關係....
because:因為這間公司夠變通而能在蕭條中存活..股東不管第三季盈收減少甚至還丟更多錢進去....
although:雖然這間公司夠變通而能在蕭條中存活..股東不管第三季盈收減少甚至還丟更多錢進去....

[airdog]

感謝回答～