单选题 One of the most ______ educators in New York, Dr. Shalala ignited a controversy in 1984 by calling the city public schools a "rotten barrel" in need of ______ reform.

• (A) disputatious...little
• (B) outspoken...systemic
• (C) caustic...partial
• (D) indifferent...pretentious
• (E) sycophantic...superficial