Q27:TT-GWD 2-30

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

A. an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply  be a reaction to certain medications

B. an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C. so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D. so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

E. so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

我对后面,maybe simply a reaction………这句很疑惑????

这里maybe…..它可以单独放在句尾表述结果吗?

按句意为

大多数失眠不全然是…....而是……,也许仅是对某种药物有反应………………

ANS : E

今天自己做题选了A, 看到答案是E, 还发现自己以前的解释，真是羞愧。。。
对不起了。

查了以前的讨论，发现是道争议题，不过考虑了再三还是觉得选A 满足平行，而且 so （much） as用于否定的比较中，也不是没有见过， OG 那道 90 days inventory的。

E的错误是:
 1. symptomatic 是 adj, 不可能和an illness 平行。
2.  maybe 是 adv, 只能修饰simplely, 完全改变了原句的意思。

最近刚研究了该题,认为答案是E没错.

be symptomatic of sth 是个固定用法,意思是在sth中某某问题已经很严重.

我觉得肯定是A，单纯从句子结构看E，E中逗号后面maybe simply a reaction to certain medications，和前句到底什么关系？做整个句子的什么成分呢？做同位语的话，它做谁的同位语？想做symptom，但是又有可能是another problem的同位语。而且句意和A也不一样啊。

2、E的前句是not so much...but...,这种结构也没有见过啊，as去哪儿了？

3、E中的symptomatic 是形容词，怎么能用在but后面的symptomatic of another problem？but后面应该是个名词词组啊