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dreamyhoney

Q10 TO 12

   Is it possible to decrease

inflation without causing a reces-

sion and its concomitant(伴随) increase

line in unemployment? The orthodox

(5)  answer is “no.” whether they

    support the “inertia” theory of

    inflation (that today’s inflation rate

    is caused by yesterday’s infla-

    tion, the state of the economic

(10) cycle, and external influences

such as import prices) or the

“rational expectations” theory

(that inflation is caused by

workers’ and employers’ expec-

(15) tations, coupled with a lack of

credible monetary and fiscal

policies), most economists

agree that tight monetary and

fiscal policies, which cause

(20) recessions, are necessary to

   decelerate inflation. They point

   out that in the 1980’s, many

   European countries and the

   United States conquered high

(25) (by these countries’ standards)

inflation, but only by applying tight

monetary and fiscal policies that

sharply increased unemployment.

Nevertheless, some govern-

(30) ments’ policymakers insist that

direct controls on wages and

prices, without tight monetary and

fiscal policies, can succeed in

decreasing inflation. Unfortu-

(35) nately, because this approach

fails to deal with the underlying

causes of inflation, wage and

price controls eventually col-

lapse, the hitherto-repressed

(40) inflation resurfaces, and in the

meantime, though the policy-

makers succeed in avoiding a

recession, a frozen structure of

relative prices imposes distor-

(45) tions that do damage to the

economy’s prospects for long-

term growth.

12

The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. apply two conventional theories.

B examine a generally accepted position

C. support a controversial policy

D. explain the underlying causes of a

phenomenon

E. propose an innovative solution

Answer: B

我选C，有些人题问这道题，也是觉得选C。最后也没有结果。

像我，觉得B中的accepted position不太准确。的确文章中的most economists都同意这个观点，但some governments’ policymakers 就反对这个观点，这说明并不是被广泛接受的啊。

感觉做这种主旨体很迷惑人，几个选项往往就是重心便一下。怎么说都有理。考试时该怎么办啊？？困惑

vivian2011

仔细读了两遍貌似想通了。做这道题要自己去揣度作者的心思：
一开始就提出问题并且回答很明显是提出了中心论点。但是第二句话和第一句的联系并不紧密，但是作者是想要追根溯源地从源头讲起从而证明论点，这个源头和最后的结论有点远，所以刚读觉得不知道和上文有什么联系。把作者的逻辑思路正向捋一下可能是这样（倒过来了）：

压制通胀要用fiscal policies(大部分人都同意的；而少部分人不同意觉得要用controls是不对的)--->用fiscal policies会带来失业（Europe和美国可以证明）--->压制通胀一定会带来失业

所以作者是通过自己的reasoning检验了一个正统思想的正确性.

想想看自己写作的时候也时不时会提出个中心论点放在开头，接着从遥远的源头写起(不顾读者感受...）

dreamyhoney

执著地顶。。。

蓝夕叶子

The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. apply two conventional theories. （文章米有理论联系实际）

B examine a generally accepted position （examine的是用fiscal&monetary policies的效果，其实对使用这个政策提出了怀疑。见line 41－48，对policy效果发出鉴定：这个政策不好。）

C. support a controversial policy （米有support，定位见line 41－48）

D. explain the underlying causes of a

phenomenon 错

E. propose an innovative solution （错）

我做主旨题，主要是对文章主题框架结构的把握。。active reading应该有用吧。。。

不过主旨题很重要的说，考试的时候基本每篇文章都有这种类型的题目

这个类型不难的，做多了就有感觉了。

dreamyhoney

不知道我是不是对文章理解的不对，但我觉得楼上说的41-48行说的是反对policymakers观点的证据啊。

而policymakers反对了most economists的观点，那不就相当于文章是在支持economists的观点吗?

请指教

MaccMichAA

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hedge

Is it possible to decrease

inflation without causing a reces-

sion and its concomitant increase

line in unemployment? The orthodox

(5)  answer is “no.”

and then, the author begins to talk about his or her view. Judging from the article following, we know that the writter doubles the traditionary thought deeply. so, we can conclude that choice B, examine a generally accepted position, is correct.

阿土莎莎

guting109

...我怎么理解和牛人相反啊...

guting109

以下是引用hedge在2006-12-14 17:26:00的发言：

Is it possible to decrease

inflation without causing a reces-

sion and its concomitant increase

line in unemployment? The orthodox

(5)  answer is “no.”

and then, the author begins to talk about his or her view. Judging from the article following, we know that the writter doubles the traditionary thought deeply. so, we can conclude that choice B, examine a generally accepted position, is correct.

这个思路对

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