单选题 So far as the food industry is concerned, the processing of sheep and lambs is relatively ______ in the United States, accounting for only about 7 percent of meat-packing production.

A、 irrelevant
B、 appropriate
C、 negligible
D、 redundant

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题中，由产量仅仅占了7%可知产量很少，C项“negligible可忽略不计的”符合题意。如：In buying a suit，a difference of ten cents in prices is negligible．(买一套衣服价钱只差一角钱是无所谓的。)其他三项“irrelevant不相关的；appropriate恰当的； redundant多余的”都不正确。