单选题 Large amounts of food imports placed a great strain (沉重负担) on the country's gold{{U}} {{/U}}.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】reserve“储备,储备品,储备金”,如:a reserve of food“存粮”,the bank's reserves“银行的储备金”,the gold reserve“黄金储备”,可见此题应选D;storage“(货物的)储存,储藏”,如:put one's furniture in storage“把家具存放起来”,keep fish in cold storage“冷藏鱼”; deposit“存款;定金”,如:The shopkeeper promised to keep the goods for me if I left a deposit.店主答应,如果我付一点定金,他就可将货物替我保留下来。reservation“保留;预定”。