一道老题

T company,which owns two retail chains,announced ____________ .

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

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

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

我选a. 理由如下:

b 显然是用从句结构, 缺少that(绝对错误).

c. to be closing 语态不对. on account of poor sales插在句子中间, 结构有问题.

a 为announce 引导的从句. since ....., they ...是完整的原因状语从句. they 指代one fourth of its stores

这道题我也认为a对，可答案给的是b,

想不明白为什么

是啊! 说的对! 我也感觉很困惑! 请高人出手解决吧!

不过如果两者a, b比较而言, a的错误应该是更加致命的! 问一句, 这是gmat题吗?

(a) 有两个错误，一是时态， 应该用过去时。

                           二是指代，主句company 与 they 不对应。