On a glacier in the high Himalayas, a Japanese zoologist has

[ghong14]

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[RonPurewal]

I eliminated A because of the Preposition Noun Verb ING. Is that correct?

... maybe, depending on why you eliminated it.

if you thought that such a construction is "wrong all the time", then, no.
for instance, if i write the following sentence ...
Lizbeth is shy and reserved in person, but pours out fiery emotions in her writing
... then it's fine.

in fact, that construction isn't even entirely incorrect; the problem is just that it's not entirely clear what that sentence is supposed to mean. is it supposed to mean ...
... that no other known insect does the same thing at all? (this is the unambiguous meaning of the correct answer choice)
... or that other insects do the same thing, but not in the same way?

this sort of construction normally carries the latter of these two meanings, but the context strongly indicates the former.
e.g., if i say Rob is unlike other students in his studying or Rob is unlike other students in his study habits, this certainly does not mean that the act of studying makes Rob unusual. rather, it just means that, while studying itself may be quite common, Rob goes about it in a way that's unusual.
on the other hand, if i were to write Rob, unlike other students, studies or Rob is unlike other students in that he studies, then either of those sentences would imply that none of the other students study at all.


by the way, please take care to transcribe problems correctly. "... in the snow and ice of glacier" isn't proper english; it should say glaciers, the glacier, or a glacier ... or something else entirely. so, at least the end of the sentence is incorrectly transcribed.
(i see that you've linked to an image, but the image doesn't seem to be loading in my browser.)

[TooLong150]

Experts, can you explain the issues with B and D. I eliminated these choices, because they sounded wrong with their use of "as it spends", but I don't know the exact grammatical violations of these choices. Thanks in advance.

[RonPurewal]

this problem seems to be from one of the paid question packs. if, indeed, that's the source, then we can't discuss it here (for the same reason we can't discuss OG problems).

please confirm, thanks.

[tronghieu1987@gmail.com]

This question is exactly from Questions Pack 1. I confirm this.

[RonPurewal]

thanks.