GWD 31-15

xirui2000

15: Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require

A: rather than burning calories to generate it

B: rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories

C: and not from generating it by burning calories

D: instead of by burning calories for generating it

E: instead of body heat generated by burning calories

请问选A对么？谢谢

xirui2000

many thanks !!!!

xiongxiong88

A:。。。。。

B：wordy

C: 结构不对称

D: instead of=rather than,但考试中标准答案偏向于用rather than。

E: wordy 加上结构不对称。

似乎只有A了。

alanguo

主要是看后面和谁并列。C，D，E能容易排除。如果后面的部分和Sun并列，A和B都不对。如果和drawing their body heart directly from the Sun并列，A对。burning前的by省略。