_____________. “And nowadays, with more and more people moving to the country, inpiduals want to put an exclusive finishing touch to their properties. It has been a boost to crafts like mines,”
［A］Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.
［B］Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.
［C］Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.
［D］“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.
［E］Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.
［F］Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.
正确答案：D
本题考查的知识点是：上下文内容上的呼应
空格下文即第十一段主要论述了现在像风向标制作这样的手工艺发展的原因其中关键词是“andnowadays”它表明了与空格处逻辑上存在并列关系与“现在”形成对比的是“过去”［D］论述了风向标过去传统的功能即过去存在的原因
