A. TO B. FOR WHY C. HOW D.USREAD THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND THEN CH...

45. A. to B. for why C. how D.usRead the passage carefully and then choose the best answers to the questions. Depression is the term used to describe the most severe type of recession in an economy. During the Great Depression that began in 1929, for example, almost one-third of the United States work force was unemployed. Hundreds of thousands of people were suddenly poor. Many were thrown out of their apartment because they couldnot pay their rent. Or they had their home taken away when they could not pay their mortgages. Farmers lost their farms, small business owners lost their businesses, and many big business owners had trouble selling their productsand keeping their companies going.The topic on which economists disagree is how to stop a depression. Many people believe that President Ronald Reagan was successful in stopping the recession of l970s by cutting taxes on corporations, removing other restrictions on businesses, increasing military spending, and cutting back on government social programs. Other people believe that, although some people benefited from Reagan’s policies, many others fell into severe poverty asa result. Furthermore, critics charge, the prosperity that Reagan created lasted only a short time, and was followed by more economic problems.