24 The slowdown of the global economy has reached such a wide range of countries that they are now feeding on one another. (A) The global economic crisis has reached such a severe degree that many countries are now suffering from the crisis. (B) The global economic downturn has involved so many countries that they are now affecting one another in economy. (C) So many countries are now trying hard together to slow down the wide-range spread of the global economic downturn. (D) So many countries are affected by the global economic crisis and they are now working together to get out of the crisis.