Although some had accused Smith, the firm’s network manager, of negligence when the crucial data went missing, the CEO defused a situation that was quite tense with her public statement that the debacle was not Smith’s fault. 


a situation that was quite tense with her public statement that the debacle was not Smith’s fault

a situation that was quite tense, by publicly stating that the debacle was not Smith’s fault

a situation, which was quite tense, by stating publicly that Smith was not responsible for the debacle

a quite tense situation with a public statement about the debacle not being Smith’s fault

a quite tense situation by publicly stating the debacle not to have been Smith’s fault

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题目分析：虽然当重要的数据丢失时，有些人指责了公司的网络经理Smith的疏忽，但是CEO通过公开表明 这一灾难不是Smith的错误 来缓和这个相当紧张的局势。


选项分析：

A选项：“with her public statement”是修饰defuse的状语。此时，句子的字面意思为“CEO缓和这个局势是伴随着一个声明的”。这是说不通的。因为，介宾短语中的介词是有自己的意思的，如on通常表示“在上面”，in通常表示“在里面”，with表示“伴着，随着”等等。但在这里，我们不能说“伴着一个声明”，而是要说 “通过声明…” 会更合理一些。

B选项：正确。by stating…表达了defuse的方式。“the debacle was not Smith’s fault”的字面意思为“这一灾难不是Smith的过错”。

C选项：state的内容和B相比发生了变化，Smith was not responsible for thedebacle的字面意思为“Smith不负责这一灾难”，即Smith不管这件事，但既然Smith为网络经理，合理的是说这件事不是他的错，而不是 他不管这件事。

D选项：with the statement的错误同A。

E选项：state的宾语变为了debacle，但逻辑上应该是“声明一件事（此灾难不是Smith的错）”，而不是“声明一个东西（灾难）”。

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