Lead values moved up to their best level since April last year 【

Lead values moved up to their best level since April last year 【in the absence of】 a settlement at Australia’s broken hill lead-zinc-silver mines.
A、without
B、with
C、as
D、through
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：in the absence of意为“缺乏，不存在”；without没有；with有；as正如；through通过；故选A。