[求助]og 36-226

226. According to the passage, investments in service are comparable to investments in production and distribution in terms of the

(A) tangibility of the benefits that they tend to confer

(B) increased revenues that they ultimately produce

(C) basis on which they need to be weighed

(D) insufficient analysis that managers devote to them

(E) degree of competitive advantage that they are likely to provide

This question asks you to identify a similarity between investments in service and investments in production and distribution that is explicitly noted by the author in the passage. The best answer is C. In liens 3-7, the author observes that investments in service are comparable to investments in production and distribution in that both types of investments need to be evaluated on the same basis; specifically the author states that both “must be balanced against other types of investments on the basis of direct, tangible benefits such as cost reduction and increased revenues.” Choice A is not correct: lines 3-7 suggest that the author believes that both investments in service and investments in production and distribution may be worthwhile if they result in tangible benefits, but the author neither states nor suggests that the tangibility of investments in production and distribution.

越看越晕，为什么上面2个黄色部分讲的相反阿？为什么a选项错呢。thanks

原文：

No. There is no discordancy. The author does mention there is something tangible, but the author does not mean to compare the tangibility. TANGIBILITY is the ability to be tangible. Also, there is a DIRECT in the same sentence, but the author does not mean to compare the RELATIONSHIP.

Hopefully I have put it clear enough...

原文：

Investments in service, like those in production and distribution,

(5) must be balanced against other types of investments on the

basis of direct, tangible benefits such as cost reduction and increased revenues.

(like…插入语不是表示2者的比较吗？那么为什么A错呢

這個題目是很難的,我練習時經常把它作錯.我懷疑這道題是780分以上的題目.所以需要仔細體會體會應該是有些超越我的能力所及了.需要反覆看解釋並仔細理解.

我同意xealot的解釋,請樓主再仔細研究選項的異同,再思考ets考察的細緻程度..

同意，这道题在作字面转化时要特别小心，

中心词不对。原文的中心词在“benefit”，比较的基础是“可以得到的、真实的利益”；选项A的中心词变为"tangibility"，即“利益的真实性”。意思重心发生偏离。

对228题有OG解释有一问：

228. The passage suggests that bank managers failed to consider whether or not the service

improvement mentioned in line 19

(A) was too complicated to be easily described to prospective customers

(B) made a measurable change in the experiences of customers in the bank’s offices

(C) could be sustained if the number of customers increased significantly

(D) was an innovation that competing banks could have imitated

(E) was adequate to bring the bank’s general level of service to a level that was comparable

with that of its competitors

说D也对，但B也无不妥。因为在原文中：

Nor did they analyze their service improvement to

(20) determine whether it would attract new customers by pro-

ducing a new standard of service that would excite cus-

tomers or by proving difficult for competitors to copy.

对第一段划线部分的改写就是B：made a measurable change in the experiences of customers in the bank’s offices

同时

有哪位可以指点一下？谢啦！

Choice B is different from the original text, in that, "new standard of service" is not the same as "experiences... in the bank's offices".  Latter could be an example of the former.

hope that helps.