问题
单项选择题
The government（）to approve the use of wide-spread surveillance when the Justice Department took objections.
A. is going
B. had been
C. was about
D. is coming
答案
参考答案：C
解析：
此题考查时态的运用。
少数几个前置词可带不定式作宾语，如about, but, except, save, than等后允许加不定式作宾语。be about+不定式表示“将来”的含义，因此C为正确选项。