【单选题】

This is the question that came to mind when I (67) the book WeAreBecoming Poorer.

It is quite (68) for people to say they are becoming poorer when (69) the rising prices of daily necessities. (70) , it seems cynical for the writer to just describe how a particular person (71) by the real property prices or how heavy the (72) pressure is for a young white-collar worker, who has to pay a mortgage, provide for his aged parents and save money for his single child’s education in the future.
Let’s put things in perspective and (73) the price of a single daily necessity, rice or wheat flour today with the price two decades ago.A、kilo of rice cost 0.40 yuan in the early 1980s, now the price of rice is 6 or 8 yuan a kilo, more than 10 times the price 30 years ago.But during the same period my salary rose by more than 100 times. In the 1980s (74) half of my salary would (75) daily necessities, now the (76) is just one third or even less.
Today it should be possible for anyone who has a job, in (77) field, to feed and clothe himself or herself with his or her own salary. If an increasing number of residents are (78) than before, I believe that it is (79) of how we view life.
(80) from theChineseAcademy of Social Sciences (81) that the index of happiness (82) since the early 1980s, (83) incomes have kept growing (84) the past two decades. So it is clear that people’s contentment does (85) come from (86) incomes.
A、however
B、whoever C、whatever D、what