_____________. “And nowadays, with more and more people moving to the country, in

_____________.“Andnowadays,withmoreandmorepeoplemovingtothecountr y,individualswanttoputanexclusivefinishingtouchtotheirproperties.Ithasbeenaboosttocraftslikemines,”

［A］Grahamhasbecomeincreasinglybusy,supplyingflat-packedweathervanestoclientsworldwide.

［B］Grahamdecidedtoconcentr atehiseffortsonaweathervanebusiness.Hehadservedanapprenticeshipasaprecisionengineerandhadworkedinthattr adefor15yearswhenheandhiswife,Liz,agreedtoswaproles—shewentouttoworkasanarchitecturalassistantandhestayedathometolookafterthechildrenandbuildupthebusiness.

［C］Lastmonth,alocalschoolwasopenedwithhisgalleonshipweathervanehoistedaboveit.

［D］“Forcenturies,weathervaneshavekeptcommunitiesintouchwiththeelements,signalingthoseshiftsinwinddirectionthatbringaboutchangesintheweather,”heexplains.

［E］Grahamhasnoplansforexpansion,ashewantstokeepthebusinessasaruralcraft.

［F］Grahamhasnowperfectedover100originaldesigns.Heworkstoveryfinedetail,alwaysseekingapprovalforthedesignofthesilhouettefromthecustomerbeforeproceedingwiththehand-cutting.

本题考查的知识点是：上下文内容上的呼应

空格下文即第十一段主要论述了现在像风向标制作这样的手工艺发展的原因。其中关键词是“andnowadays”，它表明了与空格处逻辑上存在并列关系。与“现在”形成对比的是“过去”，［D］论述了风向标过去传统的功能，即过去存在的原因。