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.

D. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of

its stores will be closed.

Answer:C

就想问一问C里是不是缺少一个that呢?

C是宾语从句"that"是不能省略的啊。所以我想选A但又不知道A中的they指代是否有问题