SharonZ0902

有个问题：你把investing前面的and 弄掉了。
despite引导状语从句在这里修饰前面的句子，并且despite后面不是只能接that
prep183
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
A.    to set dividends more conservatively than they were   
B.    to set dividends more conservatively than they have been  
C.    to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D.    that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E.    that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
前面部分despite所起的作用和这道题类似，不过后面接连了定语从句稍微复杂一点