单选题 They had a fierce ______ as to whether their company should restore the trade relationship which was broken years ago.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查单词词义。A项意为“争论，讨论”；B项意为“冲突，抵触”；C项意为“不一致，意见的分歧”，为不可数名词；D项意为“竞赛，争论”。本句意为“就是否公司应该恢复数年前破裂的贸易关系，他们进行了激烈的讨论”，A符合题意。