—Who should be responsible for the accident?
—The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order .
A. as telling
B. as are told
C. as told
D. as they told
网友回答
A. as telling
B. as are told
(答案→)C. as told
D. as they told
解析:本题是考查状语从句的省略的问题。根据句意可知,应该是被告知的。排除A,当状语从句主语和主句的主语一致,并且状语从句的有个be动词时,可以将状语从句的主语和be动词同时省略,故选C。即as told. they are 可以省略。