单选题 The president brushed all this aside {{U}}as if it was like{{/U}} cobweb, ignoring it, {{U}}and to answer only extreme necessity when he was compelled to answer.{{/U}}
  • A. as if it was... and to answer only extreme necessity he felt compelled to answer it.
  • B. as it seemed like a cobweb... would answer only extreme necessity he was compelled to answer.
  • C. as though it were... answering only extreme necessity he was compelled to answer.
  • D. as it would be... to answer only extreme necessity he was compelled to answer.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】前半部分是个用虚拟条件句,用as though it were才对;后半部分的动词answer和ignoring应作为并列状语,因此也应该用ing的形式。