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简答题 The three-day bombing of Dresden in 1945 remains ___________,both for its disproportionate use of heavy ordnance and for its apparent targeting of civilians.

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C.
The second half of the sentence makes your choice clear.Targeting civilians
and overusing ordnance would make the bombing controversial(choice C),not celebrated(choice A),and certainly not secret,or clandestine(choice D).

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