962. Contrary to the
scholarly wisdom of the 1950’s
and early 1960’s that
predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually
undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.

(A) would gradually undermine it

(B) to be a gradual undermining of it

(C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity

(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity（A）

(E) gradually undermining it

Key: A

请问如果选A那么此句中predicted后that被省略是否合适？