GWD18-35

Q35 to Q37:

      To compete effectively in interna-

       tional markets, a nation’s businesses

       must sustain investment in intangible as

Line      well as physical assets.  Although an

  (5)     enormous pool of investment capital

exists in the United States, the country’s

capital investment practices put United

States companies at a competitive

disadvantage.

 (10)           United States capital investment

practices, shaped by sporadic and

unpredictable changes in tax policy and

high federal budget deficits, encourage

both underinvestment and overinvest-

 (15)     ment.  For example, United States

companies invest at a low rate in inter-

nal development projects, such as

improving supplier relations, that do not

offer immediate profit, and systemati-

 (20)     cally invest at a high rate in external

       projects, such as corporate takeovers,

       that yield immediate profit.  Also,

United States companies make too

few linkages among different forms of

 (25)     investments.  Such linkages are impor-

tant because physical assets, such as

factories, may not reach their potential

level of productivity unless companies

make parallel investments in intangible

 (30)     assets such as employee training and

product redesign.  In general, unlike

Japanese and German investment

       practices, which focus on companies’

long-term interests, United States

 (35)
                  investment practices favor those

forms of investment for which finan-

cial returns are most readily available.

By making minimal investments in

      intangible assets, United States com-

 (40)    panies reduce their chances for future

competitiveness.

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Q35:

The passage is primarily concerned with

1. evaluating strategies for improving United States competitiveness in international markets

2. illustrating the possible uses of investment capital

3. analyzing some failings of capital investment practices in the United States

4. suggesting reasons for increasing linkages among different types of investments

5. contrasting the benefits of investment in physical assets with the benefits of investment in intangible assets

答案是C，我怎么觉得A也有道理呢？

大家帮忙看看，没人理的话就摆脱版主啦，这里发帖老那么冷清！

同意楼上，没有看到关于strategy for improving ...