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[填空题]UK households are cutting back on spending at the fastest rate since 1980. This is
__67__ to the worst economic slowdown in three decades.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed __68__ spending fell by 1.2% in the first three months of the year. People spent less on housing, household goods and services, __69__ those who went on holiday abroad also spent __70__ less.
Consumers tightened their belts __71__ the face of job losses, pay __72__ or freezes and sharply reduced City bonuses. The figures showed employees’ __73__ falling by
1.1% in the quarter, the largest fall __74__ records began in 1955. Wages and salaries declined, __75__ lower bonus payments in the financial sector than normal, while __76__ also fell.
The data was __77__ as part of the ONS’s latest assessment of the UK economy, which __78__ that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.9% in the first quarter, __79__ sharpest decline since 1979. GDP stood 4.1% __80__ than a year ago, the biggest
A. A.submitting
B.resorting
C.contributing
D.extending