【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]26-28
In the 18th century French economists protested the exc6ssive regulation of business by the government. Their motto was laisser faire. Laisser faire means let the people do as they choose. In the economic sense, this meant that while the government should be responsible for things like maintaining peace and protecting property rights, it should not interfere with private business. It shouldn't create regulations that might hinder business growth, nor should it be responsible for providing subsidies to help. In other words, governments should take a hands off approach to business. For a while in the United States, laisser faire was a popular doctrine. But things quickly changed. After the Civil War, politicians rarely opposed the government's generous support of business owners. They were only too glad to support government land grants and loans to railroad owners, for example. Their regulations kept tariffs high and that helped protect American industrialists against foreign competition. Ironically in the late 19th century; a lot of people believed that the laisser faire policy was responsible for the country's industrial growth. It was generally assumed that because business owners did not have a lot of external restrictions placed on them by the government, they could pursue their own interests, and this was what made them so successful. But in fact, many of these individuals would not have been able to meet their objectives if not for government support.
26．What does the passage mainly talk about?
[解析] 浏览选项可知，四个选项的概括性都比较强，故此题可能考查文章的主题。第28题的选项中的The rights of private business，The government等词表明，此文章可能与企业或经济政策有关，而[D]与此主题无关，故可首先排除。再根据文章的首句In the 18th century French economists protested the excessive regulation of business by the government可概括出短文的主题： A type of economic policy，故答案为[C]。