第8题: [单项选择]The researcher mentioned in the third paragraph was fired because ______. A. she worked for the rival of the company B. she failed to keep her research results secret C. she was obliged to keep her discoveries secret D. she was committed to a contract with a company 参考答案:B 答案解析:[解析] 事实细节题。第三段中提到，一位研究者将研究成果公布于众，从而违反了合同要求保密的条款，因此遭到解雇，选项[B]是其遭到解雇的直接原因。[A]项原文没有提及。[C]和[D]并不构成解雇的原因。
