标题: OG 230 [在线等牛人］ [打印本页] 作者: miller811 时间: 2010-7-3 09:39 标题: OG 230 [在线等牛人］ 230. In reference to the current hostility toward smoking, smokersfrequently expressed anxiety that their prospects for being hired and promotedare being stunted by their habit. (A) Inreference to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently expressedanxiety that (B) Referringto the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently expressed anxietyabout (C) Whenreferring to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently expressanxiety about (D) Withreference to the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently expressedanxiety about（E） (E) Referringto the current hostility toward smoking, smokers frequently express anxietythat Choices A, B, and Dinappropriately use the past tense verb expressed;only the present tense is logical here, since both the current hostility to which the smokersrefer and the anxiety described in the clause their prospects... are being stunted clearly apply to the present.Furthermore, B, C, and D produce ungrammatical sentences by introducing thisclause with the preposition about;the conjunction that is required tolink anxiety with the clause thatmodifies it. Choice E, the best answer, correctly uses both the conjunction that and the present-tense verb express.