The officer insisted the young girl a thief and ordered she free.
A. was not；be set
B. should not be；be set
C. was not；was to be set
D. was not；set
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(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。