题目信息
In the sixteenth century, the push for greater precision in measuring time was not, like more recently, motivated by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, but the practical matters of navigation: sailors simply needed more highly accurate timepieces in order to compute their longitude from the positions of the stars.
A:not, like more recently, motivated by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, but the practical matters of navigation
B:being motivated by the practical matters of navigation, instead of complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, as it has been recently
C:motivated not by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, like they were more recently, but by the practical matters of navigation
D:motivated by the practical matters of navigation, not complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, which was the case more recently
E:motivated not by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, as has been the case more recently, but by the practical matters of navigation
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E:motivated not by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, as has been the case more recently, but by the practical matters of navigation
like后面只能跟名词或者名词性短语,表示比较。
as指代前面一句话,还原即 :The push for greater precision in measuring time was motivated by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and universe has been the case more recently。
as指代前面整件事情, 而且as强调的是动作的不同,like强调物体的性质不同。
根据这一点,可以排除AC。
在BDE里选择:
B 不平行,缺少与motivated by对称的对象;
D which指代错误:which直接指代了the universe,造成语义错误;
E 正确


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