They put _______ on the government to lower taxes and give laid-off workers necessary health care.

A. load                         B. weight                      C. force                D. pressure

解析：選D�？疾槊~辨析。句意：他們向政府施加壓力的目的是降低稅收和給下崗的工人提供必需的醫(yī)療保障。load負(fù)荷；weight重量；force強(qiáng)迫；pressure壓力，由句意知D項(xiàng)正確。

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