Stop worrying about recession. That is the message from America’ s R-word index. For each quarter, we【51】how many stories in the

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问题     Stop worrying about recession. That is the message from America’ s R-word index. For each quarter, we【51】how many stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post include the word "recession".【52】bells were set【53】by the sharp jump in the "R-count" in the first quarter of this year, at a rate that in the past has【54】the start of a recession. In the second quarter,【55】, the number of articles【56】by more than one-third. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that newspaper editors,【57】about dwindling advertising revenues, have【58】the R-word. The Economist has found that【59】the past two decades, the R-word index has been good at【60】turning-points in the American economy.

选项 A、pointing
B、setting
C、placing
D、spotting

答案D

解析 A选项意为“指出”,D选项意为“精确地标识”,这两项在这里都能说通,但是D选项多了一层“精确”的意味,更适合描写经济,因此本题的正确答案为D。set意为“放置”;place意为“放置”,都不符合文意。
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