og13 16题

liuzhuli21

16. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July–September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

(A) that personal spending in the July–September quarter more than doubled that of
(B) that personal spending in the July–September quarter would more than double
(C) of personal spending in the July–September quarter, that it more than doubled
(D) of personal spending in the July–September quarter more than doubling that of
(E) of personal spending in the July–September quarter, that it would more than double that of答案：B
答案没有提到expectations of是错的，这里用of可以吗？总感觉用that更舒服

DUKB24

nope

the of can only emphasize the noun


that is not the case in this problem


you need that to introduce a clause to show the whole meaning that is conveyed by subject and verb