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 Citing the fact that the real gross domestic product(GDP) per capita was higher in 1997 than ever before, some journalists have argued that the United States economy performed ideally in 1997.  However, the real GDP is almost always higher than ever before; it falls only during recessions.  One point these journalists overlooked is that in 1997, as in the twenty-four years immediately preceding it, the real GDP per capita grew nearly one-half percent a year more slowly than it had on average between 1873 and 1973.  Were the 1997 economy as robust as claimed, the growth rate of real GDP per capita in 1997 would have surpassed the average growth rate of real GDP per capita between 1873 and 1973 because over fifty percent of the population worked for wages in 1997 whereas only forty percent worked for wages between 1873 and 1973.  If the growth rate of labor productivity (output per hour of goods and services) in 1997 had equaled its average growth rate between 1873 and 1973 of more than two percent, then, given the proportionately larger workforce that existed in 1997, real GDP per capita in 1997 would have been higher than it actually was, since output is a major factor in GDP. However, because labor productivity grew by only one percent in 1997, real GDP per capita grew more slowly in 1997 than it had on average between 1873 and 1973.

Q6 :   It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is the reason that the author faults the journalists referred to in line 4?

A.    They believe that the real GDP per capita in 1997 was higher than the real GDP per capita had ever been before.

B.    They argue that the rate at which real GDP per capita grew in 1997 was faster than the average rate at which it had grown between 1873 and 1973.

C.    They overestimate the effect of labor productivity on the real GDP per capita in 1997.

D.    They overestimate the amount by which real GDP per capita in 1997 surpassed real GDP per capita in earlier years.

E.     They fail to consider the real GDP per capita in 1997 within an appropriate historical context.

答案是e

我觉得d的意思差不多啊？d有啥问题内

hughlv

D的问题在于overestimate。从文章中可以得知那些journalists只是根据1997的real GDP per capita比之前的年份都要高的事实就认为经济形势很好。问题在于推理过程中少考虑的判断经济形势好差的因素，而不是过高估计了GDP。

be7linda

那C选项呢? 总感觉后半段都在讲journalists认为的1997的real GDP没有实际那么好不就是overestimate吗?
这到底要怎么理解啊