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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
that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
题目分析：
略。
选项分析：
A选项：抛开插入语 in order to conserve cash，本选项主干为：
several industry analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they were
在逻辑上，需要比较的对象应为“预期中的制造商的派放股利行为”和“制造商曾经的派放股利行为”。因此，than身后应改为than they have done。
B选项：本选项错误同(A)。
C选项：Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
D选项：从句that they will be more conservative需改为不定式短语to be more conservative。这点考查了不定式和从句的区别。用之于本题，由于发生这种变化的部分为expect的宾语的补足语，所以应根据expect的约束力判断。显然地，expect的约束力较强，宾补需用不定式的形式。
E选项：本选项错误同(D)。
仔细研究了一下expect这个词，Expect除了有期待的意思还有预计/估计的意思，不管是哪种情况，这个词在英文中暗含了——这个事情很有可能会发生的含义。所以，她的约束力都是强的。甚至当你说I expect sth....this implies that you believe it is your right to have that. 所以在这种情况下，当句子expect automakers出现时，一定是强约束力，所以永远是expect sb to do sth. 但是，如果要在后面加that 或者名词，就要直接跟在expect的后面而不是expect automakers that....立刻减弱了expect内在的“强势”的内涵。
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