单选题 Industrial group Confindustria warned that ______.

A、 the attacks on U. S. targets lead to the comparatively lower growth
B、 the growth had been well short of the government's target
C、 the budget deficit must be about 1.5%
D、 the budget deficit will probably be greatly different from the country's promise

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 在最后一段中，工业集团C。Confindustria发出警告：对美国的袭击意味着今年的经济增长将为1.9%，远远低于政府2.4%的目标，而预算赤字可能为 1.5%，几乎比意大利政府向欧共体伙伴所保证的0.8%高出一倍。因此，D项“预算赤字可能与这个国家的承诺大不相同”最符合题意。