GWD9-10

我人为选C

关于10题，也来插两句。支持C

L26，older production technologies often continue...., New regulations have imposed.....说明impose是在continue之前。因此也就有C这么一说，some plants still generate....despite....costs them impose.

对于A中的cannot be adapted so as to...没有提到不能改装，更没有提到so as to这个关系。因此A不对。

我选c

CCCCCCCCC

虽然第一次 没有回看选了E 但是应该是C

阅读还是要回看 如果时间允许..........

感谢maki  我将pdf的题目给解码了

将这一题贴一下

10
Q9 to Q11:
Among the myths taken as
fact by the environmental manag-
ers of most corporations is the
Line belief that environmental regula-
(5) tions affect all competitors in
a given industry uniformly. In
reality, regulatory costs—and
therefore compliance—fall
unevenly, economically disad-
(10) vantaging some companies and
benefiting others. For example,
a plant situated near a number
of larger noncompliant competi-
tors is less likely to attract the
(15) attention of local regulators than
is an isolated plant, and less
attention means lower costs.
Additionally, large plants can
spread compliance costs such
(20) as waste treatment across a
larger revenue base; on the other
hand, some smaller plants may
not even be subject to certain
provisions such as permit or
(25) reporting requirements by virtue
of their size. Finally, older pro-
duction technologies often
continue to generate toxic wastes
that were not regulated when the
(30) technology was first adopted.
New regulations have imposed
extensive compliance costs on
companies still using older
industrial coal-fired burners that
(35) generate high sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide outputs, for
example, whereas new facilities
generally avoid processes that
would create such waste pro-
(40) ducts. By realizing that they
have discretion and that not all
industries are affected equally
by environmental regulation,
environmental managers can
(45) help their companies to achieve
a competitive edge by anticipat-
ing regulatory pressure and
exploring all possibilities for
addressing how changing regula-
(50) tions will affect their companies
specifically.

Q10:
According to the passage, which of the following statements about sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide outputs is true?
A. Older production technologies cannot be adapted so as to reduce production of
these outputs as waste products.
B. Under the most recent environmental regulations, industrial plants are no longer
permitted to produce these outputs.
C. Although these outputs are environmentally hazardous, some plants still generate
them as waste products despite the high compliance costs they impose.
D. Many older plants have developed innovative technological processes that reduce
the amounts of these outputs generated as waste products.
E. Since the production processes that generate these outputs are less costly than
alternative processes, these less expensive processes are sometimes adopted
despite their acknowledged environmental hazards.
Answer:
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答案给A   但应该是C

欢迎讨论

哪位nn能否说一下这篇阅读的大意呢,我看不懂啊

compliance cost,environment manager??/

特别是结构上搞不清啊,麻烦版主,谢谢

我觉得﹙C﹚是错的

﹙C﹚C. Although these outputs are environmentally hazardous, some plants still generate them as waste products despite the high compliance costs they impose.
翻译：虽然那些排出物是对环境污染的，但有些公司仍然在产生那些癈产品，仅管他们已经负担了高的compliance costs。
这里的they指的是some plants，意思是公司已经花了钱了，可是仍然在排癈弃物。

但文章没有这么说，文章的内容是
New regulations have imposed extensive compliance costs on companies still using older industrial coal-fired burners that generate high sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide outputs
新规定已经强加很大的compliance costs在那些仍然使用旧的工业用会产生高二氧化硫和二氧化氮的燃煤设备的工厂。
这里的公司已经花了钱吗?不知道。

所以﹙C﹚是错的。

请大家再多多给意见。