单选题 Perhaps we should think in terms of raising interest rates ______ them, in consideration of the new reports about inflation reported last June.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 句意：鉴于六月份的关于通货膨胀的报告，也许我们应该考虑提高而不是降低利率。根据句意可知，前后句意应该形成对比，而且in terms of后面应该加并列宾语，结合句意和结构，本句正确答案应该为D。