60. More and more in recent years, cities are stressing the arts as a means to qreater economic development and investing millions of dollars in cultural activities, despite strained municipal budgets and fading federal support.
(A) to greater economic development and investing
(B) to greater development economically and investing
(C) of greater economic development and invest
(D) of greater development economically and invest
(E) for greater economic development and the investment of
Diction + Parallelism
In this correct sentence, the idiom as a means to is properly used; the adjective economic appropriately modifies the noun development, and investing is parallel to stressing
A Correct. The idiom as a means to is correct in this sentence; stressing and investing are parallel.
as a means to 只能跟名词吗?
我在longman上查到: as a means of doing sth. | 
