单选题
The Japanese personnel manager had to______keeping a chemist on the payroll even though the company no longer needed his expertise.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:句子的大意为:日本的人事经理不得不想办法保留一名化学家,即使公司不再需要他的专业知识。A项modify“修改”;B项justify“辩解,使合理”;C项sustain“延续”;D项launch“推出”。所以B项符合题意。