Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news.

The last award in this year’s Nobel series, the Economics Prize, has been awarded to Elinor Ostrom from Indiana University and to Oliver Williamson from the University of California at Berkeley. The two won for their analysis of how authority is exercised in economic systems and in companies.Nobel Economics Committee Chairman Bertil Holmlund said their work was enlightening. (28) “Elinor Ostrom’s research has provided novel lessons about the mechanisms that sustain human cooperation. (29) Oliver Williamson’s research has offered new insights on how transaction costs determine the boundaries of the firm. Both laureates have profoundly enhanced our understanding of economic governance. ”Williamson developed a theory where business firms can serve as structures to resolve conflicts.

Ostrom’s research has focused on the interaction of people and natural resources and how common property can be successfully managed by those groups using it. In a phone call press conference in Stockholm, professor Ostrom was asked how she felt about becoming the first woman to win the Nobel Economics Prize since it was first awarded in 1968. “I had not realized that was the case until just recently when they called. My first reaction was a great surprise and appreciation, there are many, many people who have struggled mightily and to be chosen for this prize is a great honor. And I am still a little bit in shock.”

Ostrom and Williamson share the $ 1.4-million prize. (30) They will also receive a gold medal and a diploma from the Swedish King on December 10 th，the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896.

 

题目

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Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given IS seconds to answer the questions ?

Now, listen to the news.

28. Elinor Ostrom’s research has provided novel lessons about the_____that sustain human cooperation.

A. machinery

B. mechanisms

C. mechanic

D. merchant

29. Oliver Williamson's research has offered new insights on how _____costs determine the boundaries of the firm.

A. transaction B. translation C. transition D. transformation

30. Alfred Nobel was dead in ____.

A. 1869 B. 1698 C. 1896 D. 1968

 

 

答案解析

28B细节题。本题选项中主要考查了形近词汇的区分，根据听力材料中的“Elinor Ostrom's research has provided novel lessons about the mechanisms that sustain human cooperation”，因此，选项B为正确答案。

29A细节题。本题选项中主要考查了形近词汇的区分，根据听力原文中的“Oliver Williamson’s research has offered new insights on how transaction costs determine the boundaries of the firm”，可知，选项A为正确答案。

30C数字信息题。本题主要考查了新闻听力中的数字信息，根据听力原文中的最后 —段“They will also receive a gold medal and a diploma from the Swedish king on December 10th, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896”，可知，选项 C 为正 确答案。