OG-SC-76 求教~~

pye348789

76. Retailers reported moderate gains in their November
sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier
being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head
start on buying their holiday gifts.
(A) of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as
that
(B) of their sales a year earlier having been as bad
as because
(C) of their sales a year earlier being as bad as
because
(D) their sales a year earlier had been so bad as
because
(E) their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that

这里有一个搭配是“as much because A as because B" ，because A 与 because B 之间应该是平行结构，答案D中"had been"与“were getting"时态上一个是过去完成时，一个是过去进行时，并不是完全符合呀，是不是只要都是过去时就可以了呢？

huanzitou

头一次知道 as much 后边还可以接because...

pye348789

楼主分析得透彻明确，非常感谢~！！！

wswhdlp

这里考察的固定搭配是as much ……as……，是要求两个省略号的地方平行，并不是as much because A as because B之中的A 和 B要平行。

两个because的存在就是为了保证平行~~~~D选项已经完全符合平行要求的啦，E选项的that就破坏了平行。

所以这里不存在时态不平行的问题。

另外，要求平行的结构里并不是两个时态一致的选项就是对的。能表达清楚句意的时态就是正确的时态。