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80．Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied，Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states．

(A)  was never applied，Congress has been required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it

(B)  was never applied，there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for consideration of possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally

(C)  was never applied，whereby Congress is required to call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally

(D)  has never been applied，whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

(E)  has never been applied，Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

Verb form + Idiom + Logical predication

 The meaning of this sentence is distorted by the use of incorrect verb tenses．The provisions of the Constitution, created in 1789，remain in force today．The present perfect tense has been applied is used for action that began in the past and continues into the present．Since the provisions currently apply, the present tense is needed for the next verb：Congress is required．．The idiom is call．．．to consider，not call．．．for considering．Finally, the pronoun it ungrammatically refers back to the entire expression regarding what Congress is required to do and should be replaced by to do so, which more clearly and correctly refers to what Congress must do．

A  The verb tenses are incorrect；call for considering should be call to consider；it has no clear referent．

B  The verb tenses are incorrect；the idiom call to consider is violated；it has no clear referent；wordy．

C  The first verb tense is incorrect；whereby introduces a sentence fragment；the idiom call to consider is violated；it has no clear referent．

D   Whereby introduces a sentence fragment．

E   Correct．In this sentence，the verb tenses indicate that the provisions are in effect；the correct idiom is used；to do so correctly refers to what Congress is required to do．

The correct answer is E．

 请问这题干的意思是什么啊？还有整段的解释我都不太明白。请大家帮忙解释一下．

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