【题目】Thomas Cook, a 178-year-old British travel company, declared bankruptcy （破 产） early Monday morning, ________operations and leaving thousands of tourists stuck around the world.
A.substitutingB.subscribingC.suspendingD.squeezing
在线课程【答案】C
【解析】
考查动词辨析。句意：周一凌晨，Thomas Cook, 178岁的英国旅游公司宣布破产,暂停操作，使得成千上万的游客被困在世界各地。A. substituting代替；B. subscribing预订；C. suspending暂停，延迟；D. squeezing 挤压。根据后面的leaving thousands of tourists stuck around the world.可知，游客被困是因为操作停止，此处是现在分词作结果状语，故选C。