一道Kaplan模考题目~求助NN~

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-26 17:25:04

Economist: Drastically cutting payroll costs by reducing employees will bolster corporate profits and the national economy. In such a restructuring, the remaining employees must be organized to work more efficiently, which includes their amount of overtime work, rather than hiring new underutilized personnel. The resulting increase in national productivity will then allow those who were made jobless to find work in new positions that will have sprung up with the healthier economy.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the economist's conclusion above?

A. If the employees were made to work longer hours, the additional hours worked will not be as productive as the regular hours these same employees have already worked.
B. Most corporations are already at the minimum number of employees needed to effectively maintain their operations.
C. Some economists predict that the national economy will substantially improve in the next two years even without drastic reduction in payroll costs.
D. If corporations reduce the number of employees, the average number of employees per company will decrease.
E. Many of the new positions in a restructured economy would be lower paying than whose lost during the restructuring.

答案：B。
我选的是A。原文说裁掉一些人，剩下的人要多干活儿，那么如果这些员工在多做的几个小时里，生产效率不高的话，带动不了生产力啊，倒是形成了资源的浪费。
那么不是可以weaken原文么？

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-26 18:08:20

求助~

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-26 18:24:19

求助！

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-26 19:56:31

求NN指教~

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-27 22:01:37

求助啊~没人理我么？

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-28 10:42:14

怎么没人理我？？？

chasingM7 · 发表于 2011-7-28 12:00:10

Conclusion: Drastically cutting payroll costs by reducing employees will bolster corporate profits and the national economy

Premise:
remaining employees must be organized to work more efficiently ==> increase in national productivity ==> allow those who were made jobless to find work from healthier economy

B: weakens the conclusion in a way that cutting payroll will not bolster corporate profits because the staff level is already at min level. If cut, companies will have to cut back production also==> bad for economy.

A: May not weaken because the costs on the decrease of productivity may still be lower than the costs of hiring underutilized workers.

tricky one. i got this one wrong also. i didnt locate the conclusion correctly in first attempt.

evelyn205205 · 发表于 2011-7-29 11:57:28

Conclusion: Drastically cutting payroll costs by reducing employees will bolster corporate profits and the national economy

Premise:
remaining employees must be organized to work more efficiently ==> increase in national productivity ==> allow those who were made jobless to find work from healthier economy

B: weakens the conclusion in a way that cutting payroll will not bolster corporate profits because the staff level is already at min level. If cut, companies will have to cut back production also==> bad for economy.

A: May not weaken because the costs on the decrease of productivity may still be lower than the costs of hiring underutilized workers.

tricky one. i got this one wrong also. i didnt locate the conclusion correctly in first attempt.

-- by 会员 chasingM7 (2011/7/28 12:00:10)

And A talks about working overtime while the conclusion concerns about reducing employees to boost productivity and national economy.
Yah, locating the conclusion is the most important thing to do.
Thx，chasingM7.

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