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 It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year.

(A) the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year

(B) the annual cost of illiteracy to the United States is at least $20 billion a year because of lost industrial output and tax revenues

(C) illiteracy costs the United States at least $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues

(D) $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues is the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy（C）

(E) lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the United States at least $20 billion a year because of illiteracy

lost industrial output和tax renenues并列，都是in的objects.

这里lost industrial output是什么意思呢？

如果加上lost,就是消费了损失的工业产值和税收。。

可 原文的意思是消耗了工业产值和税收。。

那个COST已经是消耗的意思了．．后面还需要再加个lost吗？

VERB
If
                an
                event
                or
                mistake
            costs
                you
                something, you
                lose
                that
                thing
                as
                the
                result
                of
                it.
    
                a six-year-old
                boy
                whose
                life
                was
                saved by
                an
                operation
                that
                cost
                him
                his
                sight.
    
                The
                increase
                will
                hurt
                small
                business
                and
                cost
                many
                thousands of
                jobs.

知道原因了．

Illiteracy costs industrial output and tax revenues.

Illiteracy costs in lost industrial output and tax revenues. 　

用最常见的俚语举例　

The diamond costs me an arm and a leg.

如果非要加上in，那就是The diamond costs me in lost an arm and a leg.

真不好意思，请你们多多包涵了

i think drive ppl crazy or make ppl crazy is more idiomatic than drive ppl nuts.