American fathers more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to

American fathers more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to in years past, due to a sweeping new trend called unemployment.
A. were spending
B. spent
C. are spending
D. have spent

A. were spendingB. spent(答案→)C. are spendingD. have spent解析：考查时态：句意：美国的父亲们用在陪他们孩子身上的时间比之过去的几年多了两倍，因为一个刚刚兴起的名字“失业”。根据句意较之“ used to in years past”可见当前这种状态正在发生着，故选择现在进行式，答案为C.

这个答案应该是对的