单选题 The reporters exposed the corruption of several high officials in the government; ______, they were asked to resign from office .

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】句意：记者们揭露了几个政府高官的腐败情况，结果，他们都被辞退了。constantly 不断地；时常地。consistently —贯地；坚持地。consequently所以；结果。consecutively连续地。句中“被辞退”是由于“揭露腐败”而引起的，因此，本题应选C项。