23. GWD26-Q23

Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains, announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed.

A.    that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed.

B.    it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C.    it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D.    to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E.     having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

答案是C

我的问题是，announced后的that确定可以省略吗？还有D为什么不对？one-fourth和one forth的区别是什么？

希望G友们赐教，万分感谢=）

announced后的that一般不可以省略，但不是硬伤，所以在没有选择的情况下是可以被接受的。
A项：时态不统一，不和逻辑；'they'指代歧义（sales? stores?）所以虽然有that，还是不对
D项：
1. to do 修饰主语，原意是stores close, 这里是Corporation close，改变了原意
2. 作‘解释’的意思时，account要用动词形式，和for搭配(account for)；account和of搭配时(account of)，account是名词，意思是‘记录、账簿’
3. poor sales是原因，这里当成了结果（同B）
4. up to 1/4 of its stores的修饰对象是？？

另外fourth是‘第四’的意思；'forth'是‘先前的’的意思

 D选项的announce的用法感觉不对，因为announce后面一般都加宾语从句，没见过加不定式的，可能是个固定搭配；时态也不对，C选项的进行时表将来时，而D选项的是纯粹的现在进行时。

一般宾语从句都不省that，也就是说that是个优选，有that更好，没that也不是必错。

I know the better answer is C.

But it just bugs me since B looks not that bad...

Can anyone help me out? Why B is out?

 I actually found the orignal text on NY times.

It reads: ..announce that it was closing...because of poor sales.