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
(E) expected and that it will have improved its business
The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected (to decline) and that its business would improve in the second half of the year. 比较成分是declined和to decline,analyst had expected这种成分都是可以直接把had expected to给取掉不看的,因为这个成分只是表达了一个预期,也不会也句子其他任何成分进行比较。