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5. In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his mother-in-law’s house, watching the haberdashery store he opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced a future with no visible prospects.

(A) opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced首先过去的过去没有体现，其次分词修饰不明确，再者，并列成分逻辑意义不明显。

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2. Our rate of teenage pregnancies is among the highest in the industrialized world, being exceeded only by Chile, Hungary, Romania, Cuba, and Bulgaria.

(A) is among the highest in the industrialized world, being exceeded only by

(B) is among the highest in the industrialized world, exceeded only by that of

表示伴随状况。ex. he went to beijing that winter, disguised as a merchant.