[求助]大全-13-13,大全-13-16

e13.  One way to judge the performance of a company is to compare it with other companies. This technique, commonly called “benchmarking,” permits the manager of a company to discover better industrial practices and can provide a justification for the adoption of good practices.

Any of the following, if true, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company against companies with which it is not in competition rather than against competitors EXCEPT:

(A) Comparisons with competitors are most likely to focus on practices that the manager making the comparisons already employs.

(B) Getting “inside” information about the unique practices of competitors is particularly difficult.   

(C) Since companies that compete with each other are likely to have comparable levels of efficiency, only benchmarking against noncompetitors is likely to reveal practices that would aid in beating competitors.  

(D) Managers are generally more receptive to new ideas that they find outside their own industry. （E）

(E) Much of the success of good companies is due to their adoption of practices that take advantage of the special circumstances of their products of markets.  

问题是问下列哪个原因不是正确得原因-公司应该和不是竞争者的公司比较而不是和竞争者的公司比较,这样翻译对不对阿

差不多

answer: e

can some one explain c? thanks

16.    For a trade embargo against a particular country to succeed, a high degree of both international accord and ability to prevent goods from entering or leaving that country must be sustained. A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo.

The claims above, if true, most strongly support which of the following conclusions?

(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria in the event of a blockade.  

(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to succeed.   

(C) A naval blockade of Patria’s ports would ensure that no goods enter or leave Patria.   

(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be likely to fail at some time.

(E) For a blockade of Patria’s ports to be successful, international opinion must be unanimous.

答案d为什么e错是变成infered了吗

我认为E的说法太绝对了，用了MUST，原文是说HIGH DEGREE而已。

我认为e的错误不在于must的问题，我们在题设中 A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an embargo, but such an action would be likely to cause international discord over the embargo.

只看到了embargo  succeed --> blockade，  blockade --> internation discord over the embargo ，以及第一句话embargo succeed --> international accord并没有看到
what ----> blockade的成功与否问题，因此e不正确。文章的推理就是

embargo succeed---> blockade --> internadion discord , internation discord --〉 embargo failed

tqbiao 发表于 2005-3-13 13:04
我认为e的错误不在于must的问题，我们在题设中 A total blockade of Patria’s ports is necessary to an e ...