A)A. Year-on-yearsalesatHeroMotocorp,thebiggestpurveyoroftwo-wheelers,slidbymorethanathirdinDecember.B. Asaresult,corporate-creditgrowth,alreadyanaemic,hasreacheditslowestrateinatleast30years.C. Predictably,theeconomyappearsindeedtohavebeenhobbledbythesudden“demonetisation".D. AnnualGDPgrowthforecastsforthefiscalyearendinginMarchhaveslippedbyaroundhalfapercentagepoint,tounder7%,fromanactualrateof7.3%inthelastfullquarterbeforedemonetisation.E. Atleastthenewyearhasbroughtasemblanceofmonetarynormality.F.TheIndianpressisfulloftalesofhouseholdstaffpaidmonthsinadvanceinoldnotes,orofbankersagreeingtoexchangevastsumsillegally.MOSTeconomistsmighthazardaguessthatvoidingthebulkofacountry'scurrencyovernightwoulddentitsimmediategrowthprospects.OnNovember8thIndiatookthisabstrusethoughtexperimentintotherealworld,scrappingtwobanknoteswhichmadeup86%ofallrupeesincirculation.(1)Evidenceofthemeasure'scostsismounting,whilethebenefitslookevermoreuncertain.(2)Forsevenweeksqueueshadsnakedaroundbanks,themainwayforIndianstoexchangetheiroldnotesfornewonesordepositthemintheiraccounts.Thatisover,largelybecausethewindowtoexchangemoneyclosedonDecember30th.ThenumberoffreshnotesthatcanbewithdrawnfromATMsorbankcountersisstillcurtailed,buttheacutecashshortageisabating,atleastinbigcities.Asdatatricklethrough,soisevidenceoftheeconomicpricepaidfordemonetisation.Consumers,companiesandinvestorsallwobbledinlate2O16.Fast-movingconsumergoods,usuallyareliablegrowthsector,retrenchedby1-1.5%inNovember,accordingtoNielsen,aresearchgroup.Bigger-ticketitemsseemtohavebeenhitharder.(3)Asurveyofpurchasingmanagersinmanufacturingplungedfromrelativeoptimismthroughout2016totheexpectationofmildcontraction.Firms'investmentproposalsfellfromanaverageof2.4trnrupees($35bn)aquartertojust1.25trnrupeesintheonejustended,accordingtoCentreforMonitoringIndianEconomy,adataprovider.(4)【来源】经济学人 2018 年一月刊【文章大意】说明文,印度激进的废钞令对各产业造成的消极影响。【答案】CEAB【分析】1. 根据前文句意“假如突然废除一...