【阅读理解】When it comes to translating basic research into industrial success, few nations can match Germany. Since the 1940s, the nation's vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and expertise from science. And though German prosperity (繁荣) has faltered (衰退) over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global economic decline, it still has an enviable record for turning ideas into profit.
The word "expertise" in line 3 could be best replaced by _______.
A、"experts".
B、"scientists".
C、"scholars".
D、"special knowledge".
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：文中说科学领域源源不断的新思想和“expertise”, 所以它的意思应该与新思想是同类的东西。而且“experts”是指专家，能手; “scientists”是指科学家；“scholars”是指学者，奖学金获得者。所以答案选D。
