又一道假设题

Professor A: We must make a strong moral statement against Country X`s policies. Only total divestment—the sale of all stock in companies that have factories or business offices in X—can do this. Therefore, the university should divest totally.

Professor B: Our aim should be to encourage X to change its policies. Partial divestment is the best way to achieve this aim. Therefore, the university should sell its stock only in companies that either sell goods to X`s government, or do the majority of their business in X, or treat their workers in X unfairly.

Which of the following, if true, would be evidence that the university would not be harmed economically if it followed Professor A`s recommendation?

(A) Very few of the companies in which the university owns stocks sell goods to X`s government.

(B) Most companies that have factories or business offices in X and in which the university owns stock actually do little of their business in X.

(C) Some companies that have factories or business offices in X and in which the university owns stock have instituted fair treatment policies for their workers in X at very

little additional cost to the companies.

(D) The expected financial return to the nuiversity from stocks that the university could own under a policy of total divestment is approximately the same as the expected financial return from partial divestment.

(E) If the university sold large blocks of stock under a policy of total divestment, the prices of the stocks of the companies whose stocks were sold would probably decrease somewhat.

答案是D，题目和选项好像都太复杂了，我没看明白。还请各位大侠帮我详细指点一下，有劳了！

这道理其实主要考的是阅读能力问题:

注意题目所问的问题:Which of the following, if true, would be evidence that the university would not be harmed economically if it followed Professor A`s recommendation?

根据highlight,可以排除A,B和C. 剩下D和E. E是:would be harmed economically.而D是:would not be harmed economically .

我就是读不懂题目啊,不好意思阅读比较差,还请大侠能继续指教,谢谢.

注意对divestment的理解，我开始误以为divestment是对stock的出售，实则不然

潜龙勿用说：“从投资来说,total divestment表示完全分散投资，而partial divestment表示部分分散投资。”

这样我就好理解了。

结论：would not be harmed economically

A说基本没sell goods to X`s government.证明不了

B. do little of their business in X.削弱了结论拉

C.instituted fair treatment policies for their workers in X at very little additional cost to the companies对员工是否公平对经济的影响无法判断

D.is approximately the same as the expected financial return from partial divestment。得到预想中的回报，这不就是答案吗？

E.the prices of the stocks of the companies whose stocks were sold would probably decrease somewhat.股票价格降低，哪里有利润？所以与B一样反而undermine结论

personal opinion

噢,终于明白了,多谢3位前辈.