请教2个Prep新题

1. Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Record
                Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains, announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed

A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed

the correct answer is C, I chose D.

2. When drive-ins were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, some 4,000 existed in the United States, but today there are less than one-quarter that many

A. there are less than one-quarter that many

B. there are fewer than one-quarter as many

C. there are fewer than one-quarter of that amount

D. the number is less than one-quarter the amount

E. it is less than one-quarter of that amount

the correct answer is B, and I chose C.

Thanks a lot!!!!

1 题主要就是pool sale 的位置问题 我觉得D 有插入语 导致读起来不如 C顺  正确选项读起来总有一种一气呵成的感觉

而且你看 D closing 对应的是 its stores吧 你看中间插了多少东西（原因 停业时间） 而C选项 比他就强多了

2  不确定 但我觉得 few 修饰可数名词 amount是不可数名词 所以不对 这标准答案读者真别扭

第一题：但是announced后面跟宾语从句不是应该有that吗？？

大多数都是有that的 这也是新东方教的套路

 但是你看内A有明显的语法错误 这才是硬伤啊

似乎announce后面一般加宾语从句，很少用不定式！