GWD12-36 疑惑的说

afcyrus

Many economists believe that a

       high rate of business savings in the

       United States is a necessary precursor

Line       to investment, because business sav-

  (5)      ings, as opposed to personal savings,

comprise almost three-quarters of the

national savings rate, and the national

savings rate heavily influences the

overall rate of business investment.

(10)      These economists further postulate

that real interest rates—the difference

between the rates charged by lenders

and the inflation rates—will be low when

national savings exceed business

(15)      investment (creating a savings surplus),

and high when national savings fall

below the level of business investment

(creating a savings deficit ).  However,

during the 1960’s real interest rates

(20)      were often higher when the national

       savings surplus was large.  Counter-

       intuitive behavior also occurred when

real interest rates skyrocketed from

2 percent in 1980 to 7 percent in 1982,

(25)      even though national savings and

investments were roughly equal

throughout the period.  Clearly, real

interest rates respond to influences

other than the savings/investment

(30)      nexus.  Indeed, real interest rates may

themselves influence swings in the

savings and investment rates. As real

       interest rates shot up after 1979, for-

eign investors poured capital into the

(35)    United States, the price of domestic

goods increased prohibitively abroad,

and the price of foreign-made goods

became lower in the United States. As

      a result, domestic economic activity

(40)     and the ability of businesses to save

and invest were restrained.

Q36:

According to the passage, which of the following resulted from foreign investment in the United States after 1979?

              

An increase in real interest rates

A decrease in the savings rate of certain other nations

An increase in American investment abroad

An increase in the price of American goods abroad

A decrease in the price of domestic goods sold at home

Answer: D

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为什么不选A啊？A直接在文中就找到了啊？？

rakesun

resulted from ，是由什么东西引起。所以这题应该选foreign investment 导致了什么后果。而A中的事情发生是在foreign investment 开始动作之前，请注意原文中的as....after1979，这个时间状语就表示是在RATE于1979年升高以后，foreign investment 开始产生如下影响了。

afcyrus

恍然大悟，当时做的时候时间不够了，看到和原文一样的字眼，想都没想就选上了，现在明白了，谢谢斑竹

阅读提高不大，平均每套题都要错一半，还有两星期就考试了，sign。。。。

不知道版主有什么好建议吗？？

rakesun

MM分析过错的原因没有？是文章没看懂，还是选项没区分明白？可以把GWD的文章来个集中突破，看原文看选项，尤其主意正确选项是如何表达，并且是怎样跟原文对应的。

afcyrus

总觉得自己在看文章的时候集中不了精神，我之前做过GRE阅读老题，不是在电脑上做，感觉还可以，一篇下来也就错1，2个或不错，可是一上机考试就找不到感觉了，阅读做得慢，而且错误多，21号要考了，准备最后几天把JJ和GWD文章好好看看，不知道斑竹意见如何？