求证GWD-26-Q23

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.

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

此题已经有了不少讨论，主要集中在C和D上，大家也比较倾向于C。我有不同看法，我觉得C有歧义：是这3/4的STORES生意不好，还是CORPORATION生意不好呢？原文是前者生意不好。

我支持A，ITS指代CORPORATION, THEY知道STORES。这样也满足了ANNOUNCE后面+THAT的要求.

望NN指点...

D是不可能对的，announce是及物动词，后面肯定是要有宾语的，或者是announce that 或者是announce sth.

A也不可能对，THEY到底是指代STORES呢，还是SALES呢？有歧义。另外说一句，SALES ARE POOR应该不是地道的说法，POOR作表语，好象解释为HAVE NO MONEY的居多。

C除了THAT没有以外，其他都对。这道题不典型。OVER！

ad264，你贴的网址链接不上呀，能否将原文贴出？

谢谢！

这题不典型，但是可以over吗？继续困惑。

强烈同意RICEE， 刚做新PREP， R解释得很好哇~ C 相对好，其他错误太明显~