123. Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a company has previously provided for itself. Since a company’s chief objective is to realize the highest possible year-end pro?ts, any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the company to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? (A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally exploit the vigorous competition arising among several ?rms that are interested in supplying that product. (B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business advantage. (C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company’s payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas others, such as handling the company’s core business, are not. (D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as ef?ciently as an independent supplier can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are. (E) When a company decides to use an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent supplier sometimes hires members of the company’s staff who formerly made the product or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies.
我不认为是B,因为文中阐述的目的是realize the highest possible year-end profits,而又出现了any,我感觉是要否决这个绝对词的,即表示有的能outsourcing有的不能(C),B中没有提供足够的information来说明透露信息给竞争者和给竞争者带来好处能让公司实现不了the highest possible year-end profits,这题是OG12TH123题,我总觉着有问题,大家讨论讨论,给点意见,谢谢!!