单选题 从下面提供的答案中选出应填入下列英文语句中______内的正确答案。
   Application development increasingly means Windows development, and the popularity of visual development tools has (1) in tandem with Windows itself These tools create beautiful windowing (2) , and their fast development cycles and easy learning curves make them a good (3) for many types of PC development projects. Today's developers are leveraging these tools and the abundance of heap, powerful PCs to shift the balance of power to the desktop.
   As the world moves inexorably toward Windows and other (4) user interfaces, developers can choose from an abundance of (5) oriented tools. Popular examples include Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Basic, Powersoft Corp.'s PowerBuilder, Gupta Technology Corp.'s SQL Windows,and so on.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据句法结构,这里应该填过去分词,构成现在完成时,因此选B。
   [参考译文]应用程序的开发越来越意味着Windows的开发,并且流行的可视化开发工具也随着Windows自身的普及而发展。这些工具可建立漂亮的窗口界面,有快速的开发周期和容易学习,这使得它们在许多PC开发项目中被选择。今天,开发人员正借助这些工具和大量价廉而功能强大的PC把开发转移到桌面上,形成了一个平衡。
   随着世界坚定地转移到Windows和其他图形用户界面,开发人员可以在大量的面向可视化的工具中做选择。流行的开发工具有Microsoft公司的Visual Basic、Powersoft公司的PowerBuilder、Gupta Technology公司的SQL Windows等。