单选题 According to the passage, after the average per-minute cost dropped to 11 cents this year from 56 cents in 1995, the phone companies ______.

A、 attracted more and more new users and as a result, they began to flourish
B、 began to suffer from a great loss
C、 made traditional phones more popular
D、 invested much more money in creating new phones

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[分析] 推断题。倒数第二段中说，“对于电话公司，这就意味着每月平均收入的下降，即从 1995年每个顾客的74美元降到61美元。”其中的that即指题干中的the average per- minute cost has dropped to 11 cents this year from 56 cents in 1995。所以选B。