单选题 The Committee pronounced four members expelled for failure to provide information in the ______ of investigations.
A. case B. chase C. cause D. course

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] in the course of意为“在……的过程中”,如:In the course of that fight we have won victories. 在那场战斗中我们取得了多次胜利。In the course of their investigation they made a discovery that helped to solve a six-year-old mystery. 在调查过程中,他们发现了一样东西,那东西使他们得以揭开了一个长达6年之久的谜团。case通常用在in case of结构中,意为“万一”;cause表示“原因”,也可以表示“事业”;chase意为“追赶”,没有in the chase of结构。