a strange problem

discard2

A native of Kansas who had a bank account at age seven and was paying the family bills at age eleven,(Olive Ann Beech's business mind was)behind Beech Aviation from the 1930's,when  she and her husband founded the company,until its sale in 1980.
B.it was the business mind of Olive Ann Beech that was
C.Olive Ann Beech was the one whose business mind was
D.Olive Ann Beech was the business mind
E.the business mind of Olive Ann Beech was

which one is right?
thanks

primefang

Olive Ann Beech 应该不会是 business mind 不是吧,逻辑上说不过去

discard2

但是这道提答案是D，raymondmba 能解释一下原因吗

primefang

晴raymondmba 指教

raymondmba

原则上，Olive Ann Beech 可以用business mind 来定义。这里business mind 指智囊。比如我们可以说：Raymond is a great help. 并不一定将Raymond这个人就等同是物理的help。也许是一种借代或比喻吧。
而且，C的说法太罗嗦，累赘。

hope it helps

sunny

精彩，无保留的同意。