紧急请教GMAT语法题

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The two oil companies agreed to merge their operations in the Midwest and the West, forming a new company for controlling nearly fifteen percent of the nation's gasoline sales.

A. forming a new company for controlling

B. forming a new company that would control

C. which would form a new company that controlled

D. which formed a new company for controlling

E. which formed a new company that would control

xingzi410

A，D  for+ing，表目的，应排除。
control的用法和时态，for controlling排除；control的结果只是假想，不一定能达到，所以用that would control比较好。
forming 与whcih从句，两个用法中，我倾向用前者

最后我选B

liushining6

I think B is correct.

the word "which" in option C, D and E has unclear reference.

A "for controlling" is grammatically unsuitable here.