Question

— Who should be responsible for the accident?

— The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order______.

A. as they told B. as are told

C. as told D. as telling

Answer 1

C

【解析】

試題分析：考查方式狀語(yǔ)中省略的用法。句意：—誰(shuí)應(yīng)該為這個(gè)事故負(fù)責(zé)? —老板，不是工人。他們只是按照命令來(lái)執(zhí)行。首先they是指workers，所以they與tell之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，其次，當(dāng)從句里主語(yǔ)與主句相同時(shí)，且謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是系動(dòng)詞be，可省略從句主語(yǔ)和be動(dòng)詞，故選C。

考點(diǎn)：考查省略的用法。