单选题 The people who objected to the new road were told that since work had already started there was no point in ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 动名词词义辨析。根据句意,空格应填入与objected意思相近的名词。选项中,protesting(抗议,反对)符合要求。故答案为B。contradicting“矛盾”;provoking“刺激;令人深思”。