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More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene Coty. Charles Deschanel was then the financia

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问题     More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene Coty. Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister. He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production. It would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to balance its import and export trade.
    French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people, let alone longranged developments. Essential imports had stretched (使…紧张) the national credit to the breaking point. Rents were tightly controlled, but the extreme inflation(通货膨胀) affected general population most severely through the cost of food. Food costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers’income. Wages, it is true, had risen. Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state, and there was fulltime and overtime employment. Taken together, these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of security. In this precarious(危险的) and discouraging situation, workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages.
    The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country. It was feared this migration of workers would deplete (使减少、使枯竭) the labor force. The lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would only in crease the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries. Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries.
We can see from the passage that French production ______.
选项 A、was insufficient to meet the needs of the French
B、was flooding the international market
C、was sufficient for the French consumers
D、could keep up with long-ranged developments of people’s needs
答案A
解析 文章第二段第1句指出“法国的工农业生产无法满足人们当前的需求，更不用说满足长远发展的需要了”。句中的inadequate可由同义词insufficient代替，故A项为正确答案。
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