【单选题】IN 1871 America added about 6,000 miles of track to its railways, an endeavor that occupied a tenth of its industrial labour force. But by 1875 track-building had fallen by more than two-thirds, and e...
A.
to serve as a background of the passage.
B.
to illustrate the wild ups and downs of the railway industry
C.
to introduce the fatalistic view that recession, however unpleasant, is necessary.
D.
to display the relationship between industrial development and employment rate.