【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】A项在文中出现的依据：The research is reporting in a brief，yet informative way以及 They (the conference papers) are similar to the research article since research is reported in a concise，yet informative way；C项在文中也有涉及：Articles intended to．．．analyzing the data．以及As with the．．．or practitioners．在判断D项时，由The thesis or dissertation is a format for reporting research which graduate students write．可以看出thesis 和 dissertation是书面形式的，而根据At such meetings research papers are usually presented orally. 可知 research papers采取的是口头报告的形式，据此判断 D项也是在短文中提到过的。