Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while they once ranged over virtually all of the continental United States except for a small strip in the extreme Southwest.
A. Elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, which would make it seem that elk are mountain dwellers, while
B. The fact that elk now live almost solely in the Rocky Mountains would make it seem that they are mountain dwellers, but
C. It would seem that elk would be mountain dwellers because of their living now solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, but still
D. Now living almost solely in the Rocky Mountains, it would seem that elk were mountain dwellers, although
E.It seems that elk would be mountain dwellers from the fact that they now live solely almost in the Rocky Mountains, since
答案是A，请问老师如何区分A和E的语意，
同时请教A中which would make it seem that 是修饰elk的么？？
做题时我的临场反应时觉得不知道it在说谁就把正确答案给排除了。。。作者: bigpig 时间: 2010-4-7 15:00
B选项回避了上述两个问题，使逻辑意思非常明确
C选项的because of their living是非常笨拙的表达法，同时but still的still是额外加上的，没有任何意义，
D选项的now living结构和后面的it would seem that的it 没有一致性关系
E选项的since的使用是不正确的，原文希望表达转折关系而不是因果关系。
