Q35 to Q37:

Many economists believe that a

high rate of business savings in the

United States is a necessary precursor

to investment, because business sav-

(5) ings, as opposed to personal savings,

comprise almost three-quarters of the

national savings rate, and the national

savings rate heavily influences the

overall rate of business investment.

(10) These economists further postulate

that real interest rates—the difference

between the rates charged by lenders

and the inflation rates—will be low when

national savings exceed business

(15) investment (creating a savings surplus),

and high when national savings fall

below the level of business investment

(creating a savings deficit ). However,

during the 1960’s real interest rates

(20) were often higher when the national

savings surplus was large. Counter-

intuitive behavior also occurred when

real interest rates skyrocketed from

2 percent in 1980 to 7 percent in 1982,

(25) even though national savings and

investments were roughly equal

throughout the period. Clearly, real

interest rates respond to influences

other than the savings/investment

(30) nexus. Indeed, real interest rates may

themselves influence swings in the

savings and investment rates. As real

interest rates shot up after 1979, for-

eign investors poured capital into the

(35) United States, the price of domestic

goods increased prohibitively abroad,

and the price of foreign-made goods

became lower in the United States.As

a result, domestic economic activity

(40) and the ability of businesses to save

and invest were restrained.

Q36：

According to the passage, which of the following resulted from foreign investment in the United States after 1979?

1. An increase in real interest rates

2. A decrease in the savings rate of certain other nations

3. An increase in American investment abroad

4. An increase in the price of American goods abroad

5. A decrease in the price of domestic goods sold at home

答案是D，虽然也不能肯定其他的答案是正确的，有一点疑问：

从文中这句话——As real interest rates shot up after 1979, foreign investors poured capital into the United States, the price of domestic goods increased rohibitively abroad, and the price of foreign-made goods became lower in the United States.——能看出来价格的变化是外国投资资本增加引起的吗？偶怎么从读句子的角度看是国外投资资本增加和两种价格变化是实际利率的增长的并列结果啊？

请大家赐教~~~~谢谢！！

"As real interest rates shot up after 1979, foreign investors poured capital into the United States, the price of domestic goods increased rohibitively abroad, and the price of foreign-made goods became lower in the United States."

This sentence describes an cause, "real interest rates shot up after 1979", and a sequence of effects. In this type of sentence construbtion, It's often implied that within the sequence, the effect listed earlier may have caused or contributed to the effects listed after it.