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Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

A renowned French American artist who worked in New York until her death at age 98, Louise Bourgeois's sculptures often resembled giant spiders, earning her the nickname "the Spiderwoman."

(A) Louise Bourgeois's sculptures often resembled giant spiders
(B) Louise Bourgeois created sculptures that often resembled giant spiders
(C) Louise Bourgeois's sculptures had often resembled giant spiders
(D) the sculptures of Louise Bourgeois, they often resembled giant spiders
(E) Louise Bourgeois created sculptures they often resembled giant spiders

答案和解析

答案：B

解析：

Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by providing the proper noun "Louise Bourgeois" to serve as the subject of the sentence. In the original sentence, the phrase "A renowned French American artist who worked in New York until her death at age 98" illogically modified Bourgeois's sculptures instead of Bourgeois herself.