单选题 The worse situation in the property market can be shown by ______.

A、 the decreasing growth rate of secured lending
B、 the mortgages rising by 6.5 billion pounds
C、 the consumer credit rising as expected
D、 the constantly stable state of house prices

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】细节题。题目问的是：房地产市场更糟的形势可以通过______体现出来。文章第七段提到：Secured lending in November，on mortgages previously agreed ... the lowest increase since June 2002... “十一月份对先前已批准的抵押贷款的担保贷款…自从2002年六月以来的最低增长…”。由此可以判断出[A严担保贷款下降的增长率”符合文章的意思。