[求助]GWD24 11

pathfinder

Is it possible to decrease inflation without causing a recession and its concomitant increase in unemployment? The orthodox answer is “no”. Whether they support the “inertia” theory of inflation(that today’s inflation rate is caused by yesterday’s inflation, the state of the economic cycle, and external influences such as import prices) or the “rational expectations” theory (that inflation is caused by workers’ and employers’ expectations, coupled with a lack of credible monetary and fiscal policies), most economists agree that tight monetary and fiscal policies, which cause recessions, are necessary to decelerate inflation. They point out that in the 1980’s, many European countries and the United States conquered high (by these countries’ standards) inflation, but only by applying tight monetary and fiscal policies that sharply increased unemployment. Nevertheless, some governments’ policymakers insist that direct controls on wages and process, without tight monetary and fiscal policies, can succeed in decreasing inflation. Unfortunately, because this approach fails to deal with the underlying causes of inflation, wage and price controls eventually collapse, the hitherto-repressed inflation resurfaces, and in the meantime, though the policy-makers succeed in avoiding a recession, a frozen structure of relative prices imposes distortions that do damage to the economy’s prospects for long-term growth.

24-11 Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the author’s conclusion about the use of wage and price controls?

A) Counties that repeatedly use wage and price controls tend to have lower long-term economic growth rates than do other countries.

B) Countries that have extremely high inflation frequently place very stringent controls on wages and prices in an attempt to decrease the inflation.

C) Some countries have found that the use of wage and price controls succeeds in decreasing inflation but also causes a recession.

D) Policymakers who advocate the use of wage and price controls believe that these controls will deal with the underlying causes of inflation.

E) Policymakers who advocate the use of wage and price controls are usually more concerned about long-term economic goals than about short-term economic goals

MY ANSWER: D

A, 文中没提"REPEATEDLY" AND "COMPARASION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES" 所以A错!

"Nevertheless, some governments’ policymakers insist that direct controls on wages and process, without tight monetary and fiscal policies, can succeed in decreasing inflation. " 之所以INSISIT IT WILL SUCCEED, 是因为POLICYMAKERS MUST "believe that these controls will deal with the underlying causes of inflation.".

ANY COMMENTS.

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pathfinder

I was wrong! A is correct.

"would most strengthen the author’s conclusion about ...."

msfox

同意。

是support,而不是conclusion.这道题我做时虽然选对了，但没有楼主理解的深刻。

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fengreal_2000

I think C is also supporting the conclusion. What do you think?

格瑞特艾力

我开始也选Ｃ，仔细又看了一边后，原文有很明确的though the policy-makers succeed in avoiding a recession, a frozen structure of relative prices imposes distortions that do damage to the economy’s prospects for long-term growth.前半句是Ｃ的，后半句是正确答案．

请ＮＮ指正，谢谢．

ghostbuster

ding support answer A

wycg

注意题问的是加强作者的 结论, 不是别人的.那个D就是别人说的,不是做者的.A对, 在文中最后一句.

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scujean

Nevertheless, some governments’ policymakers insist that direct controls on wages and process, without tight monetary and fiscal policies, can succeed in decreasing inflation. Unfortunately, because this approach fails to deal with the underlying causes of inflation, wage and price controls eventually collapse, the hitherto-repressed inflation resurfaces, and in the meantime, though the policy-makers succeed in avoiding a recession, a frozen structure of relative prices imposes distortions that do damage to the economy’s prospects for long-term growth.

24-11 Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the author’s conclusion about the use of wage and price controls?

A) Counties that repeatedly use wage and price controls tend to have lower long-term economic growth rates than do other countries.－重复使用薪资价格控制的国家,有较低的长期经济成长

B) Countries that have extremely high inflation frequently place very stringent controls on wages and prices in an attempt to decrease the inflation.

C) Some countries have found that the use of wage and price controls succeeds in decreasing inflation but also causes a recession.

D) Policymakers who advocate the use of wage and price controls believe that these controls will deal with the underlying causes of inflation.

E) Policymakers who advocate the use of wage and price controls are usually more concerned about long-term economic goals than about short-term economic goals

这段不是说价格控制会崩盘，通货膨胀会浮出来，又说到ˊ政策制定者成功避免衰退..冻结的价格结构造成扭曲，该扭曲会破坏经济的长期成长预期

原本说到成功避免衰退，但最后又说长期经济成长预期会被破坏..，所以最后还是会衰退？

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fengyun158

答案A有点看不懂，原文没有谈到repeatedly, 我就没选。

但是C说but also causes a recession有问题。因为原文还提到

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.

看题不仔细呀！！！

aircavalry

以下是引用fengyun158在2007-7-21 18:41:00的发言：

答案A有点看不懂，原文没有谈到repeatedly, 我就没选。

但是C说but also causes a recession有问题。因为原文还提到

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.

看题不仔细呀！！！

题目问的是能strengthen作者conclusion，C的陈述不能突出作者反对wage and price control的立场。