公共英语考试

【单选题】 Physicists' recent investigations of the decay of the vacuum, as described in the passage, most closely resemble which of the following hypothetical events in other disciplines
A．On the basis of data gathered in a carefully controlled laboratory experiment, a chemist predicts and then demonstrates the physical properties of a newly synthesized polymer.
B．On the basis of manipulations of macroeconomic theory, an economist predicts that, contrary to accepted economic theory, inflation and unemployment will both decline under conditions of rapid economic growth.
C．On the basis of a rereading of the texts of Jane Austen's novels, a literary critic suggests that, contrary to accepted literary interpretations, Austen's plots were actually metaphors for political events in early nineteenth-century England.
D．On the basis of data gathered in carefully planned observations of several species of birds, a biologist proposes a modification in the accepted theory of interspecies competition.

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
解析：B项说的是：在宏观经济学理论支持下，经济学家预测，和通常人们普遍认同的经济理论相反，在经济快速增长的条件下，失业率和通货膨胀都会减小。这与文中的物理学家对真空衰减的研究很相似。 查看试题解析出处>>