请教一道语法题：

ballackahn

请教一道语法题：
Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static, Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.

(A) Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were

(B) Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being

(C) Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were

(D) Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were

(E) Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being

谢谢！

jasper123

LS的同学，contrary to在白勇语法中提及过，后面必须要抽象名词修饰主句，并且在LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English电子版对Contrary的定义：contrary ideas, opinions, or actions are completely different and opposed to each other

Stefaniezhu

谁说的有这些contrary to 后面加这些乱七八糟的搭配啊？？？

jasper123

我就是考虑到要和Barbara McClintock平行，误选了C答案
ballackahn 发表于 2012-11-1 06:26

contrary to后面要加opinion、idea、belief等抽象词汇。。。。C的使用方法就是错的，可直接排除

coffeeqoo

c选项的being多余

ballackahn

我就是考虑到要和Barbara McClintock平行，误选了C答案

gui5910667

划线主语要和Barbara McClintock平行；convinced that 更简洁 也最习惯 所以D答案。