ranell wrote:Nuclear fusion is the force that powers the Sun, the stars, and hydrogen bombs, merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors.

A merging the nuclei of atoms and not splitting them apart, as in nuclear reactors
B merging the nuclei of atoms instead of splitting them apart, like nuclear reactors
C merging the nuclei of atoms rather than splitting them apart, as nuclear reactors do
D and merges the nuclei of atoms but does not split them apart, as is done in unclear reactors
E and merges the nuclei of atoms, unlike atomic reactors that split them apart.

JJJooe wrote:it's from the OG and the OA is actually C

IMO,the D and E are wrong because the 'and' means that 'nuclear fusion' is the subject, rather than 'the force', of the verb 'merge'.

then A is out

between B and C, the 'like nuclear reactors ' in B might mean that nuclear reactors merge the nuclei of atoms as well, it's equivocal.

but 'as nuclear reactors do' in C expresses clearly.

I don't see this question in my OG 12 edition. What number ?

heshamelaziry wrote:

JJJooe wrote:it's from the OG and the OA is actually C

IMO,the D and E are wrong because the 'and' means that 'nuclear fusion' is the subject, rather than 'the force', of the verb 'merge'.

then A is out

between B and C, the 'like nuclear reactors ' in B might mean that nuclear reactors merge the nuclei of atoms as well, it's equivocal.

but 'as nuclear reactors do' in C expresses clearly.

I don't see this question in my OG 12 edition. What number ?

it's the 104 in the 11th edition...maybe absent in the new OG.

according to the OA,
B: 'Although like can grammatically be followed by a noun such as nuclear reactors，here the basis of comparison is unclear, and the usage is incorrect'