问题补充:
--- Who should be responsible for the accident?
--- The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order .
A. as told
B. as are told
C. as telling
D. as they told
答案:
(答案→)A. as told
B. as are told
C. as telling
D. as they told
解析:考查状语从句的省略:主从句的主语一致的时候,可省略从句的主语和be动词,A项填as told=as they are told。句意:--谁应该为这件事负责?--是老板,不是工人,他们只是按要求执行了命令。选A。