試題詳解

43. Which of the following can best fit into the blank in the paragraph below?
(A) who have laid off large numbers of workers and kept production below normal capacity
(B) who make up the sector with the biggest recovery
(C) whose orders from overseas markets showed the worst decline last year
(D) whose recovery led to general economic recovery Manufacturers, _______________, have been the weakest link in the economy’s ability to recover fully from the effects of the 2001 recession. For all of 2002, orders to U.S. factories dropped by 0.8 percent. Still, that was an improvement over the sharp 7.4 percent decline for 2001. Shipments – a measure of demand – fell 1.1 percent last year, compared with a deeper 5.5 percent drop for all of 2001.