Grammar question, Help me out with this please

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
1

<p>(Having excelled in football, baseball, as well as track), Jim Thorpe is hailed by many as the greatest athlete in the twentieth century.
A. ---
B. With his excellence in football and baseball and being a track star
c Because he excelled in football, baseball, and track
D. Having excelled in football and baseball, what is more, track
E. By being excellent in football and baseball and also track</p>

<p>I thought the sentence was correct but the answer was C.
Can you guys explain why The original sentence is not correct?</p>

2

<p>Parallelism</p>

<p>The second part of second is in past tense so the dependent clause must follow suit.</p>

<p>A is not correct because it doesn't match the past tense of the independent clause.</p>

<p>I am pretty confident about my solution.</p>

3

<p>The sentence is obviously a cause and effect relationship. Also, the "having..." clause is usually followed by an action verb, not a to-be verb, I think. I'm not sure exactly how to explain it, but having just doesn't seem right. Hope my explanation helped and isn't erroneous.</p>

4

<p>jask, although you are correct that A isn't right, your explanation is incorrect, because the verb form "is hailed" isn't past tense, but rather present tense (or present perfect, depending on how you look at it).</p>

<p>The answer is C because it establishes a cause / effect relationship between the clauses without the awkward wording of its original wording, not because A uses a wrong verb tense.</p>