Although unhappy with the high rent her company was paying for its suburban office building,the chief executive recognized rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as far lower than it typically is for property that is located within the city limits.

(A) rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as far lower than it typically is for property that is located within the city limits

(B) rental rates for buildings in the suburbs as being far lower than what the rates typically charged within the city limits had been for property located there

(C) rental rates typically being charged for property located within the city limits to be far lower as they typically were within the city limits for the property there

(D) that rental rates for buildings in the suburbs were far lower than rental rates typically being charged within the city limits for property located there

(E) that rental rates for buildings in the suburbs were far lower than those typically charged for property located within the city limits 

答案是E,但是代词指代原则不是说就近原则吗？那么那个those不是应该活生生的代表suburbs....?这样E就问题了，我也会选E也明白其他选项的问题，就是不知道这里为什么可以这样指代

关于代词指代问题我一直头疼，一碰到就彻底崩溃，谁能点评下这个题,and,帮我讲解一下代词指代问题吗？

我就是那只因为代词而失去理智的疯子...

不知道怎么解释，但我不觉得those 在这里有任何问题。这里是两个主语的比较，即两个地方的rental rates的比较。those 代替rental rates 避免重复。而且suburbs是in the suburbs里地点状语的一部分。比较的是主语，不是状语。代词指代应该从逻辑上看，不能生搬语法。虽然我没怎么听说过你说的就近指代的原则。有太多的题目里代词并不是就近指代。这种that, those 的指代主语，或者跳跃指代形式很常见。比如，The climate of Alaska is colder than that of Texas. 这里的that就是一样的指代主语the climate, 而不是后面的Alaska.