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A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(A) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered as a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(B) Considered to be a delicacy fit for a gourmet by most Japanese, genmai-cha is a special green tea that contains brown rice, virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(C) A special Japanese green tea called genmai-cha contains brown rice and is considered a gourmet delicacy by most Japanese, though it is virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.
(D) Most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea which contains brown rice, as a delicacy virtually unavailable outside Yokohama.（C）
(E) Though virtually unavailable outside Yokohama, most Japanese consider genmai-cha, a special green tea that contains brown rice, a gourmet delicacy.
我一直怀疑OG之外的语法题答案不是ETS提供的，而是新东方老师自己做的。
此题的“参考答案”是C，我觉得应该是D。
相信大多数人认为根据consider X Y的简洁原则，马上可以排除三个选项，剩下C和E相比，得出C是正确选项
但我认为C的问题很大。首先，这里根本没有必要用though来表示转折，就算要用连接词，也应该用since或because之类表原因的连接词。其次，C选项的主句主语太长，谓语却只有几个词，明显头重脚轻。第三，C选项用了被动语态，也算是违反了主动优先原则。第四，在意思上，delicacy一词就足以表示“受美食家欢迎的珍馐美味”的意思，没有必要再用"gourmet"甚至"fit for a gourmet”之类的中式英语来画蛇添足。
相比之下，D选项不但避免了以上的所有尴尬，而且从句意重心的角度讲，也安排的非常合理。因为题干主要意思是“多数日本人把这种绿茶视为Yokohama地区独有的珍品”，因此这个意思应该安排在句子的主句中。而另一层意思“该茶叶包含棕色米成分”则应该用从句来表述比较合适。
也许你会说D选项违反了consider X Y的简洁原则，可是请你不要忘了，在简洁原则要服从另一个大原则，那就是简洁的结果不能引发歧义，如果引发歧义，那么就不应该使用简洁原则。在D选项中，如果as被省略，那么由于as引导的修饰成分和被修饰的genmai-cha之间有一个插入的解释成分，因此会造成修饰对象指代上的ambiguity。事实上，consider X Y是consider X to be Y和consider X as Y的省略形式。当省略会引发歧义时，就要补出to be 或as.
一家之言，欢迎探讨。 | 
