单选题 Online copyrights come at the top because of the powerful lobbying of music companies, ______ faced with a rapidly eroding business model than as victims of crime.

A、 having better described as firms
B、 which are described to be firms
C、 which are better described as firms
D、 described as firms to be better

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：句意：由于音乐公司强有力的游说，在线版权名列前茅，这些公司与其说是犯罪的受害者，还不如说它们正面临着快速侵蚀的商业模式。后半句对主句中的音乐公司起补充说明作用，因此是非限制性定语从句或后置定语。A项应用被动态，D项better应修饰described，构成“better described as．．．than(described)as…”结构，故排除这两项。从后面的比较连词than可知，句中应有形容词或副词的比较级，因此排除B，故C为答案。