prep T1-Q135

[ggethan]

At one time, the majestic American chestnut was so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could jump from tree to tree without once touching the ground between New York State and Georgia.

(A) so prevalent that it was said a squirrel could
(B) so prevalent that a squirrel was said that it could
(C) so prevalent for a squirrel to be said to be able to
(D) prevalent enough that it was said a squirrel could
(E) prevalent enough for a squirrel to be said to be able to

我想問一下為什麼(b)不對
(a)中的it是不是虛主詞,代替said後面的這件事,如果這樣said後面的that可以省嗎,當初我就是看到said後面沒有that才不選(a)的

麻煩大家解答一下吧

[hey]

有時ETS喜歡把that省略掉, 並非非要不可, 但(B)錯是因為it要代替誰??? squirrel還是chestnut, 代名詞大部份都優先代替原題主詞, 如果如此的話句子豈不奇怪??? 所以(A)會是比較適合的答案

[ggethan]

ok 謝謝 我知道了　指代清楚還是優於省略that

[pimi]

it was said怎翻譯呢？？
是不是有傳聞聽說的意思呢？？

[dibert8]

是吧!