The officer insisted the young girla thief and ordered shefree.A. was not；be setB. should

问题补充：

The officer insisted the young girla thief and ordered shefree.

A. was not；be set

B. should not be；be set

C. was not；was to be set

D. was not；set

答案：

(答案→)A. was not；be set

B. should not be；be set

C. was not；was to be set

D. was not；set

解析：

这题考查动词insist和order的用法，第一空填was not因为这里的insist是“坚持说”，后面从句中用陈述语气，如果insist表示“坚持要求”，从句中就用虚拟语气，而order“命令”，后面从句要用虚拟语气，形式是：sb （should）do，所以选A。句意是：官员坚持说小女孩不是小偷，命令她被释放。