B 选项 red wine和 consumption 不能作同位语

B选项：独立主格结构。
C：在逻辑上，显然地，“Europa有60平方英里的从顶冻到底的水”是用来描述为什么“Europa太冷了如此以至于不能生存”的，因此，两者势必是修饰关系，而不是纯粹的并列关系。

第一段：人类活动对三文鱼数量上的影响很大；还有基因上的影响，因为破坏了栖息地
第二段：注意首句中的also！也就是说第二段是第一段某个观点的延伸——环境破坏对基因的改变（影响）
第三段：说明了人类的影响的严重性和火山没什么性质上的区别。并且会导致基因的flow，从而降低后代的适应性。
这样说来，全篇都是在diss人类破坏环境对鲑鱼造成的影响。选项AB在给人开脱，CD经过分析也不对，E最正确

E：只说会与竞争者比较rates，以及会把costs和rates搞混，没有说会用costs计算竞争者的rates
注意看清楚rates还是costs

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qualify an assertion 限定这个断言
而不是反驳

并不一定不一致
Doesn't have to be inconsistent

如果N=5 N-1可以被2整除，但N+1不可以被4整除啊

Among the surest indications on Earth of sunspot cycles is believed to be the rate at which trees grow
=the rate at which trees grow is believed among the surest indications of sunspot cycles on Earth

circling作定语修饰planets，和先行词被插入语隔开。从语意来讲circle也不会修饰Jupiter，一个Jupiter怎么围绕其他所有的stars啊。
Astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planets circling other stars. / (planets) which circle other stars.

1. North America不包括在overseas里！公司在海外盈利在本国亏损，而海外的盈利都被用来支付tax了
2. The computer company registered a $16 million net loss for the year, largely because it was profitable only overseas, while it continued to lose money in North America.

D:
**had done: as long as there's something to serve as the second past time marker - to which the action referenced in the past perfect is relevant - you can use the past perfect (Ron).
**comparison: subject vs subject: magazines vs individuals -> not strictly comparable

by no single yardstick can all distances be measured=all distances can be measured by no single yardstick=all distances cannot be measured by a single yardstick->meaning twisted and illogical: "not" negate "all". Apparently at least one distance can be measured by a single yardstick.

“A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment是同位语，显然应该是修饰一个人的，而不是“书”，”

A is to B what C is to D中的what用作连接代词。它既是前而is的表语，又是后而is的表语。"A is to B what C is to D”常译为“A之于B犹如C之于D"。

本题主要考点是 between 1876 and 1904的修饰对象，逻辑上应该是construction比较合适。
就近修饰

so...as to... : same subject
so...that (sentence): sentence usaully has a different subject.

economic shifts are unable to be distinguished doesn't make sense

While the red portion is intended to modify defused (expressing how the CED defused a situation), a reader might construe that the red portion is serving to modify the portion in blue (expressing why the situation was tense).
Also, it is not crystal clear whether her refers to Smith or to the CEO.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/although-some-had-accused-smith-the-firm-s-network-manager-of-neglig-294385.html

as is differently used than as__ as__ and more/less__ than__. While using as__ as__ and more/less__ than__ you can omit units, verbs, and even whole clauses from the second term if there is no ambiguity,
Linking arrangements... evolved as fast in the United States as (they did) in most other developed countries.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/linking-arrangements-among-secondary-schools-and-the-workplace-never-294390.html