请教OG158的一个小问题

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158. With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for
OG解释说As is unidiomatic in B.，但我不知道为什么，请问那为高人指点？

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as 后面加名词表示作为。。。

这里不通