It was her view that the country’s problems had been ______ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for suchassistance would be counterproductive
(A) ameliorated
(B) ascertained
(C) diagnosed
(D) exacerbated
(E) overlooked
(F) worsened
KEY:DF
1.关键字：“so that”结构
2.空格中应该填入一个动词过去分词表示foreign technocrats对于这个国家问题所做的动作，而因为有so that存在，前后两个半句意思一致。而后半句中“such assistance”与前半句的“foreign technocrats”实际上是指的同一种东西，因而对于“such assistance”的描述与前半句中对于“foreign technocrats”的描述应当一致，故在空格中填入与“counterproductive”同义的词语。
