单选题According to the economists, ______.A Japan’s pension system is in bad shape.B Japanese people are spending less than they used to.C Japanese economy is in a glut, which hurts consumer spending.D Japan’s annual growth in consumer spending is about half
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单选题
According to the economists, ______.
A
Japan’s pension system is in bad shape.
B
Japanese people are spending less than they used to.
C
Japanese economy is in a glut, which hurts consumer spending.
D
Japan’s annual growth in consumer spending is about half the pace of that five years ago.
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正确答案：
C
解析：
该段录音中经济学家们指出自从1998年以来，日本年度消费支出的增速已经降低到五年前的一半，因此选项D符合录音内容。
【录音原文】
Concern about the pension system is one reason why consumer spending is not rising in Japan, hobbling the nation’s economy, according to the economists at J.P. Morgan Securities Asia and Nomura Research Institute. Since 1998, annual growth in consumer spending has slowed to half the pace of the preceding five years.
该段录音中经济学家们指出自从1998年以来，日本年度消费支出的增速已经降低到五年前的一半，因此选项D符合录音内容。
【录音原文】
Concern about the pension system is one reason why consumer spending is not rising in Japan, hobbling the nation’s economy, according to the economists at J.P. Morgan Securities Asia and Nomura Research Institute. Since 1998, annual growth in consumer spending has slowed to half the pace of the preceding five years.