(B) that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
(C) that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
(D) the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning（A）
(E) the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned
Choice A, the best answer, uses the idiomatic construction noted... that and clearly focuses on the salient information—a comparison of annual earnings. In B, the structure of noted... that the elephant, giving rides..., had been earning falsely implies that the reader already knows about the elephant—that is, that the existence of this particular elephant is not new information. Also, the past perfect had been improperly places the elephant’s earning in the past, prior to Wootton’s; consistent verb tense is needed to show that the actions are simultaneous. Choice C may be faulted for distortion of meaning and diminished clarity because it suggests that the point of Wootton’s example was the elephant’s very existence; comparative earnings are presented (after and) as incidental detail. Choice D is awkward and inexact; the whole circumstance that Wootton “noted” is best expressed in a clause that begins with that. Choice E does not use the idiomatic construction noted that x; therefore, and that it earned has no parallel construction to which it can be joined. 不太理解，麻烦nn帮我解释一下，谢谢！！楼主问的可能是为什么吧？
the elephant, giving rides...,
只用分词结构说明了那只大象存在的状况，没说是哪只大象。翻成中文是“那只大象，正在。。。”
that the elephant that gave rides
使用了定语从句明确说明了“...的那一只大象。”
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