[C]A high unemployment rate will result from inflation

　　[D]Interest rates have an immediate effect on the economy

　　19. The sentence “This is no flash in the pan” (Line 5, Paragraph 3) means that _____.

　　[A]the low inflation rate will last for some time

　　[B]the inflation rate will soon rise

　　[C]the inflation will disappear quickly

　　[D]there is no inflation at present

　　20. The passage shows that the author is _____ the present situation.

　　[A]critical of

　　[B]puzzled by

　　[C]disappointed at

　　[D]amazed at

　　[第17题答案及题解页数] C 第页

　　[第18题答案及题解页数] A 第页

　　[第19题答案及题解页数] A 第页

　　[第20题答案及题解页数] D 第页

　　[长难句突破]

　　Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially America’s, have little productive slack.

　　主体句式：Economists have been surprised by…

　　结构分析：本句的主句结构比较清晰，但是后面跟了一个结构稍为复杂的since引导的原因状语从句。从句的主干是“conventional measures suggest that…”，that又引导了一个宾语从句，其主干是“both economies have little productive slack”，中间两个逗号之间的内容是对“both economies”的补充说明。