单选题 The advertising industry has resorted to self-regulation in a serious effort to curtail not only bad taste but also misrepresentation and deception in copy and illustrations.

A、 avert
B、 deny
C、 exclude
D、 reduce

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：本题中，curtail的意思是“缩减”。D项的reduce“减少”符合题意，如：This experienced editor is said to be able to reduce the misprints to almost nil．(据说这位经验丰富的老编辑能把印刷错误几乎降低到零。)其他三项avert“转移”，deny“否认”，exclude“排斥”都不正确。