请教各位一道GWD 的SC

sherrysunset

Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which ownsthe 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 storesare poor, they will be closed.

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

C.it was closing up to one fourth of its storesbecause 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.

我选的是D。。。不明白为什么

andy3712

"announce"一般用作宣布一个“事实”，announce后面加名词或从句；
如果是"+to do"或者"+to be doing"的话，就变成宣布“去做”什么什么事情，这样用总觉得有点怪怪的，好像没见过announce这种用法。。而且"to be doing"显得很累赘很啰嗦。。所以选C比选D好。。个人感觉。。不知道对不对

hughlv

我只是完全从语感上来发表一下意见。读下来，感觉D选项中的on account of这个插入成分位置有问题，如果这部分放到句子最后或者最前的话我就觉得D没问题了。

JayNicholas

选C的话  ANNOUNCE IT WAS    宾语从句里面 that不能省