Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies’ common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were
to set dividends more conservatively than they were
to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
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题目分析:
在(A)(B)中,主句是一个实义动词set,其与than右边的系动词were/have been是不对等的,应该是: to set Div. more conservatively than they have done,答案为(C)((C)中than左边的谓语动词是be)。
Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies’ common stocks to new highs中,despite后面连接的成分为什么不是一个句子呢?