[SC总结] already只能用于现在完成时

  If the proposed expendituresfor gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international newsreports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.

(A) have been andwill continue to diminish

(B) have and willcontinue to diminish

(C) will continueto diminish, as they already did,

(D) will continueto diminish, as they have already,（E）

(E) will continueto diminish