885-section8-9求解释~~~

一加heidy

9.If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further, international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.
(A) have been and will continue to diminish
(B) have and will continue to diminish
(C) will continue to diminish, as they already did,
(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,
(E) will continue to diminish
答案选E，可是请问这样不会改变句子么，没有了以前的信息

lushangru

同求，我曾经想过C，因为觉得E会去掉原句的意思。但是有觉得C后面的事态不太对。