In corporate purchasing, competitive scrutiny is typically limited to suppliers of items that are directly related to end products. With “indirect” purchases (such as computers, advertising, and legal services), which are not directly related to production, corporations often favor “supplier partnerships” (arrangements in which the purchaser forgoes the right to pursue alternative suppliers), which can inappropriately shelter suppliers from rigorous competitive scrutiny that might afford the purchaser economic leverage.
Which of the following can be inferred about supplier partnerships, as they are described in the passage?
A.They cannot be sustained unless the goods or services provided are available from a large number of suppliers.
B.They can result in purchasers paying more for goods and services than they would in a competitive-bidding situation.
C.They typically are instituted at the urging of the supplier rather than the purchaser.
D.They are not feasible when the goods or services provided are directly related to the purchasers’ end products.
E.They are least appropriate when the purchasers’ ability to change suppliers is limited.
争议都在B和D之间（正确选项是B）
D.大家都说corporations often favor “supplier partnerships”的反面不一定成立，我一直没搞懂。
但是，我的看法是选项偷换了概念，原文中说partnerships not feasible的情况是suppliers是跟end products直接相关（suppliers提供了corporate需要购买的终产品），而D中说的却是purchasers‘ end products，即corporate的终产品，原文根本没提到
B.我认为即是原文同颜色字的同意转换，leverage是杠杆的意思，是经济专业术语，简单来说有leverage即表明corporate有负债，这里可能是说这样的partnerships会给corporate带来不必要的损失，也就是B表达的意思
Leverage：The use of credit or borrowed funds to improve one's speculative capacity and increase the rate of return from an investment, as in buying securities on margin.
大家帮忙看看我的理解对不对，谢谢了
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