OG12 139题，求解

Leela

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  
B had excepted and that its business would improve
C excepted it would and that it will improve its business
D expected thwm to and its business would improve
E expected and that it will have improved its business

我是看的赵丽老师的网络课堂，这个题不确定从哪里下手，我对主句从句的语态也有些搞不明白，请教牛人解答。。。谢谢

leelh29

因为analysis 是在declined之前发生的，所以要用had expected。主语是the company 所以要用it 来指代。前面是announced过去时，所以整个文章时态都是过去时，要用would improve。这里还有一个小平行，  announced that... and that...  答案是B

Leela

谢谢