旧prep 1 essay 17 q 56

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Essay #17.  549    (23848-!-item-!-188;#058&00549-00)

Many people believe that becausewages are lower in developing countries than in developed countries,competition from developing countries in goods traded internationally will sooneliminate large numbers of jobs in developed countries.  Currently, developed countries' advancedtechnology results in higher productivity, which accounts for their higherwages.  Advanced technology is beingtransferred ever more speedily across borders, but even with the latesttechnology, productivity and wages in developing countries will remain lowerthan in developed countries for many years because developed countries havebetter infrastructure and better-educated workers.  When productivity in a developing countrydoes catch up, experience suggests that wages there will rise.  Some individual firms in developing countrieshave raised their productivity but kept their wages (which are influenced byaverage productivity in the country's economy) low.  However, in a developing country's economy asa whole, productivity improvements in goods traded internationally are likelyto cause an increase in wages. Furthermore, if wages are not allowed to rise, the value of thecountry's currency will appreciate, which (from the developed countries' pointof view) is the equivalent of increased wages in the developing country.  And although in the past a few countries havedeliberately kept their currencies undervalued, that is now much harder to doin a world where capital moves more freely.

Question #56.  549-01  (23894-!-item-!-188;#058&000549-01)

The primary purpose of the passageis to

(A) identify the origin of a commonmisconception

(B) discuss the implications of agenerally accepted principle

(C) present information relevant inevaluating a commonly held belief

(D) defend a controversialassertion against a variety of counterarguments

(E) explain under whatcircumstances a well-known phenomenon occurs

在c、d中犹豫，d的问题是在于文中没有a variety of counterarguments么？

选c的线索是什么？

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感觉整篇读下来，作者并没有掺入什么自己的观点，只是从两方面分别给出一些信息，因此没法说他在defend还是criticize什么。所以我觉得应该选C。