As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board member for 28 years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more than 700 rezoning applications.

(A) As the former

(B) The former

(C) Former

(D) She was

(E) As the

A中的逻辑意思不通，可是读不出不通来？

我看了很多人的post才看懂...
As the former chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a

board member for 28 years=作為前主席連續18年...
As the chair of the planning board for 18 consecutive years and a board

member for 28 years=作為主席連續18年...

一個人可以是當主席18年
可是不能當前主席18年

前主席不是一個job title.

逻辑不通啊

如果是former的， 与后面的主句说attend很多会议，明显矛盾啊，既然是前主席，

怎么参加会议嘛

attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed

这里都是过去式，说明他过去参加的可以吗？

一個人可以是當主席18年
可是不能當前主席18年        这个好像make sense !

 1）第一个问题已经讨论得比较清楚了，我觉得如果要正确表达former做了18年，

原句可以改写为
As the chair of the planning board who formerly held the position for 18

consecutive years and a board member for 28
years, Joan Philkill attended more than 400 meetings and reviewed more
than 700 rezoning applications.

2）A,B,C的另一个问题是：former和attended冲突

既然是attended, 那么就是表示那时如何，既然是那时的行为，title就不是former

了.