AB、
this sentence has the following form: X does not make...
therefore, whatever goes in the 'x' slot has to be, or function as, a noun. this rules out a-b immediately (these are subordinate clauses, which can't function as nouns).
in choices c-d-e, the 'being' is a gerund (the -ing form that functions as a noun, as in the sentence taking overdoses of vitamins isn't good for your health). since gerunds function as nouns, that structure is permissible.
C、
choice (c) says that "plants" (plural) can become "an invasive or persistent weed" (singular). since multiple plants can't become one weed, that's incorrect.
DE、
make it likely (for somebody) to do something. "it" is fake pronoun which dose not refer to any noun.
make it likely that something happens. "it" is fake pronoun.
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two things:
(1) incorrect idiom: \'promise of keeping\' is wrong. the correct form is \'promise to keep\'.
(2) change in meaning: the correct meaning is what appears in the original sentence, namely, that the failure to honor promises WAS the deceptive business practice. choice e, with its use of \'because\', implies that the failure to keep promises LED TO (other) deceptive business
引用：本选项的迷惑性较高。真正的错误在于名词短语a disinclination in many people to recognize。其至少需要改为动名词短语many people’s disinclining to recognize。这点考查了名词和动名词的区别。用之于本题，disincline是“不情愿”的意思，这是很多人的一种状态，在语境中没有给出这种不情愿会在何时终止。因此，disincline不能用名词短语。
"lower" cannot be used with countable things.
in general, i can only think of three types of nouns for which you can use "lower" as a quantifier:
1）mathematical quantities (things that can be represented by actual numbers)
2） abstract ideas that aren't necessarily numbers, but that can be thought of as somewhat quantitative
3） things that are literally (= physically) lower than other things
根据Ron：based on, due to, caused by只可修饰noun（如主语），不可修饰句子！based on修饰的是主句主语
this is literally saying that "each year young Athenian women" are based on records from ancient Athens. That makes no sense at all. A conclusion or a finding or a report could be "based on records", but the women themselves certainly can't be. (A)(B) is out.
(C)the use of "according to records from ancient Athens" in this case is OK，the real issue is parallelism.
"……women collaborated to weave a new woolen robe that…and that this robe depicted……“ 后半部分平行结构nonsense.
(B)(E)中“had collaborated"时态不妥:I suppose that they collaborated before they used the robe to dress a statue, but I think it's awfully weird to say that they "had collaborated" first, and then the robe later "depicted scenes." 如果真的确定时态好不好，先判断其他split！
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本选项可能有些难以判断。实际上，仅仅考查了一个很基础的“实质平行”。Whereas是连词，表示前后两句话有对比关系。真正具有对比关系的，应该是small quantities of spices are used（这里的重心词是use这个事件）和take，而不是本选项中的 the usage of spices is in small quantities（这里的be动词这个状态）和take。但在逻辑上，真正能对比的对象应该是use和take。
在比较时，要注意动词的变化
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比较对象要一致；fact that