.Has the Channel Tunnel improved the _______of goods between the British Isles and mainland Europe?

A. distinction   B. distraction     C. distribution   D. disturbance

C 


解析:

distinction區(qū)別；差別；不同之處；distraction分心；分心的事；disturbance動(dòng)亂；騷亂。

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