Nhận biết (M1)

One might expect the major-party campaigns in a national US election to concentrate on the most populous states. Where polling and past voting records make the result in a given state a foregone conclusion, however, no campaign spends resources there. In the end a state’s voting record and polling data, not its population size, _____ how much it matters to campaigns.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• A.

  determines

• B.

  has determined

• C.

  determining

• D.

  determine