单选题
"The latter problem" in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】latter problem指前面的do not appear to be functioning,即手表不走。此题的关键首先在于对latter一词的理解。latter的英文释义是being the second of two persons or things mentioned,也就是说,谈了两个人或东西,latter指后者。从文章的这一段来看,第一句提到了the poor quality of the goods,也就是A项的内容,第二句提出了第二个问题,即a number of the watches do not appear to be functioning。the latter problem指“手表不走”。