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Britain’s construction sector has enjoyed its strongest pick-up in business

游客2023-08-24  22
问题     Britain’s construction sector has enjoyed its strongest pick-up in business since before the financial crisis plunged the industry deep into recession, according to the latest in a string of upbeat economic reports. House builders were at the forefront of the sector’s resurgence(复苏)as they saw activity grow at the fastest pace for a decade last month, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI.
    Civil engineers and commercial construction firms also helped the sector claw back some of the ground lost during its slump and companies across the sector took on more staff as new work flowed in. The survey’s headline activity index rose more than expected to 62.6 after 59.4 in October. That marked the seventh month of growth and beat a forecast for a slowdown to 59 in a Reuters poll of economists.
    "Construction activity continues to spring back to life during the final months of 2013," said Tim Moore, senior economist at survey compilers Markit. "That said, construction growth is still coming from a low base as output levels rebound from a deep and prolonged double-dip recession that only really ended this summer. "
    While economists and policymakers will want to see the survey’s rosy picture confirmed in official data in coming months, it is a welcome boost to chancellor George Osborne as he prepares to present his autumn statement plans for growth, spending and taxes.
    The construction report follows a much stronger than expected Markit survey from the manufacturing sector, which makes up around a tenth of the UK economy. That poll suggested new orders were growing at the fastest pace for 20 years and that manufacturers were creating 5 000 new jobs a month.
    In the smaller construction sector, there were also multi-year highs in key fields. Output, employment and new work all rose at their fastest pace since 2007. Anecdotal(轶事的)evidence from the survey, which is sent to some 170 construction companies, suggested business was being helped by rising confidence in the economic outlook and improving credit conditions. Confidence among builders about the business outlook was the highest for four years.
    Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight commented:"The construction sector does now seem to be enjoying decent, and increasingly broad-based, recovery following extended, deep weakness. "
    Of critical importance to the construction sector going forward is that the economy holds up well over the coming months and that housing market activity sees sustained healthy(but not excessive)growth. The first stage of the government’s Help to Buy initiative has been particularly welcome for house builders. [br] What may contribute to smaller construction sector’s continual development?
选项 A、Good measures have been carried out for many years.
B、People have confidence in economy and believe in the business.
C、House builders have created a good image for the business.
D、Economic recovery has stimulated the whole construction sector.
答案 B
解析 综合推断题。定位段前两句是对小型建筑业发展情况的描述，第三句是其原因，第四句是其结果。由定位段第二至四句可知，自2007年以来，小型建筑业在多方面都保持最快的发展速度，有轶闻证据表明其发展原因在于人们对经济前景的信心和其信誉状况的改善，这使建造商们也对此行业前景充满信心。综合上述信息可以推断，小型建筑业多年来持续发展的原因在于民众对经济发展的信心和对此行业的信赖，故答案为B)。A)中“实施良好的措施”确有存在的可能，但原文并未提及，故排除；C)“房屋建造者为该行业创造了一个良好形象”可能促使民众更加信赖该行业，但属于间接原因，故排除；D)“经济复苏刺激了整个建筑业发展”太笼统，故排除。
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