Q29:
Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static, Barbara McClintock adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate, and in 1983, at the age of 81, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery that the genes in corn are capable of moving from one chromosomal site to another.

A.        Unlike the conviction held by many of her colleagues that genes were relatively simple and static
B.        Although many of her colleagues were of the conviction of genes being relatively simple and static
C.        Contrary to many of her colleagues being convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
D.        Even though many of her colleagues were convinced that genes were relatively simple and static
E.        Even with many of her colleagues convinced of genes being relatively simple and static
我这里看到答案选B，B两个of结构绝对不好，我选了D，但觉得C好像有也对，请指教

D 远比 B 好。那两个 of  固然讨厌，更重要的是 the conviction of genes being relatively simple and static 是不合语法的，应该说 the conviction that genes are relatively simple and static。

不过就算选了 D， 这句还是不妥。不妥之处，就是那个 adhered to her own more complicated ideas about how genes might operate。这与前面说的 genes were relatively simple and static 不相称。前面说的是基因简单，那么后面就应该说基因复杂，而这句却是说她的思想复杂。这是坏句。

谢谢！请问C呢？不好在什么地方？

C 不对在那个 being convinced。这里 Contrary to many of her colleagues 就完结的了，不能再加一条尾巴，必须用 relative pronoun 来连接：Contrary to many of her colleagues, who are convinced . . .