Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.

A.        an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications
B.        an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications
C.        so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction
D.        so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction
E.        so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications
   Answer: E
symptomatic不是形容词吗?还有maybe不是口语不能用吗?
谢谢

我认为这道题不能选择答案E
你所说的maybe是口语词也是排除理由之一

首先so much as 意为连……都不，意思错误，AB排除
CDE的so much都是作为副词用的，相当于even，对比三个选项可以看出考点是not but
根据not but平行，应该选择not an illness but a symptom的C，DE都不平行

谁说 maybe 不能用的？又是那些人颁布的规例，绝对不可信。不过这题的 D 和 E 确实是用 perhaps 顺耳一些。

如二楼所说，E 不对，因为 symptomatic 是形容词，所以连接的是前面的 is。但是这样就导致 but 带出来的分句和前面分句很不平衡。虽然不是不合语法，但是读起来很古怪，总是觉得在 but 后面应该是名词却出了个形容词。

D 不对是在 like certain medications 那里，like 应该改为 such as。

C 也是不对的，因为 problem 之后应该是 nonrestrictive clause，所以不能用 that，要这样：but a symptom of another problem, which may be。但是后面还有不对：which may be as simple as certain medications cause a reaction 应该是 causing a reaction。as 后面不能是这样的一个分句，必须用 gerund。

总之，这题没有正确答案。