–Who should be responsible for the accident?
--The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order .
A. as told
B. as are told
C. as telling
D. as they told
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(答案→)A. as told
B. as are told
C. as telling
D. as they told
解析： as told=as they were told，此处是as引导的方式状语从句的省略。当从句主语与主句主语一致，且谓语动词含有be时，将从句的主语和be省略。又因为workers与tell之间是被动关系，排除C、D。