单选题 The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started, there was no point in ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 句意：反对新方案的人被告知，工作已经开始，反对没有意义。该句中there is no point in后常接动名词，表示“做……毫无意义”。deny意为“否认，拒绝相信”。protest可作及物和不及物动词，表示“抗议，提出抗议”。