单项选择题

Current  service cost for a defined benefit pension plan amounted to 7,500,000, while actual income was 9,000,000, which matched the actuarial  estimates. No past service costs arose during the year. Given this  information the pension expense for the year was:  ()

A.$500,000
B.$2,200,000
C.$2,500,000
D.$1,000,000