Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he predicted in the mid-1890's that electricity generated at Niagara would one day power the streetcars of London and the streetlights of Paris.

 A

Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he

 B

The prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power was exciting to Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, and so he

 C

Excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current,

 D

Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for the production of electric power and

 E

The inventor of alternating current, excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing of electric power, Nikola Tesla

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正确答案：C

【考点】 ※句子结构（Grammatical Construction）
1)用to do结构表达目的更加有效，。
2)合理的布置修饰短成分的位置:当一个句子有较多修饰成分修饰主词时，应该将修饰成分合理的
分布在主词前后，常用的方法是:分词结构，主词，修饰成分1，修饰成分2，动词……
(A)Nikola Tesla应为句子主词，位置错误； for doing结构表示目的不及to do更有效。
(B) 将the prospects作为主词改变了句子的重心，
(C) 正确， 过去分词结构excited about置于句首作形容词修饰主句，动词为predicted。
(D) for doing结构表示目的不及to do有效； excited about…是形容词结构，如果要与predicted平行作动词，需要加be动词，否则结构不完整。
(E) for doing结构表示目的不及to do有效；excited about…形容词结构作定语修饰主词the inventer…，而Nikola Tesla与the inventor of…都是主词，重复。
※句子结构: Excited about…， Nikola Tesla， 同位语， predicted…