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单选题 The three Americans were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for their ______.
  • A. understanding of the economic crisis
  • B. research in how things are priced in financial markets
  • C. study in predicting economic crisis in the 1990s
  • D. explanations of financial factors
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] {{U}}This week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in economics to three Americans. The academy recognizes the three men for their work in the study and understanding of how things are priced in financial markets.{{/U}} Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen are both professors at the University of Chicago. Robert Shiller is a professor at Yale University. {{U}}They will share the prize worth about 1.2 million dollars.{{/U}} The academy's permanent secretary Staffan Normark offered a short explanation of why the men won the award. "This year's prize in economic sciences is about predictions." Predicting prices is something everyone involved in markets wants to do. This is especially true for financial markets when money managers invest millions of dollars for their clients and customers. All three of this year's prize winners are mainly known for their research and explanations of pricing forces in financial markets. [解析] 本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。由原文划线部分可知，三位科学家因其对金融市场的定价方面的研究与理解而被授予诺贝尔经济学奖，故B为正确答案。
单选题 This year's Nobel Prize winners in economics will share the prize worth about ______.
  • A. 2 million dollars
  • B. 12 million dollars
  • C. 1.2 million dollars
  • D. 1.12 million dollars
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。由原文划线部分可知，本年度诺贝尔经济学奖的奖金约为120万美元，故C为正确答案。