Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions described as close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for one of the major high street retailers. The discovery of these children working in appalling conditions in the Shahpur Jat area of Delhi has renewed concerns about the (23)_____ by some large retail chains of their garment production to India, recognised (24)_____ the United Nations as one of the world's hotspots for child labour. According to one (25)_____, over 20 per cent of India's economy is dependent on children, (26)_____ comes to a total of 55 million youngsters under 14 working. Consumers in the West should not only be demanding answers from retailers about how their (27)_____ are produced but also should be looking into their consciences at how they spend their money and whether cheap prices in the West are worth the suffering caused to so many children.
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