[求助]白勇的两道题目，帮忙看一下

1. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year, had expected it to and its business will improve.

A) ...
B) had expected and that its business would improve
C) expected it would and that it will improve its business
D) expected them to and its business would improve
E) expected and that it will have improved its business

问：请解答一下。

2. A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

A) ...
B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
C) there is now on e microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

问：答案是C，但是想问一下最后这个were用的是不是对，为什么不是was

同志,第1题原题应该是这个把...

1.       The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.

(A) had expected it to and its business will improve

(B) had expected and that its business would improve

(C) expected it would and that it will improve its business

(D) expected them to and its business would improve（B）

(E) expected and that it will have improved its business