gwd 10－33

             Like many other industries, the

travel industry is under increasing

pressure to expand globally in order

Line to keep pace with its corporate cus-

(5) tomers, who have globalized their

operations in response to market

pressure, competitor actions, and

changing supplier relations. But it is

difficult for service organizations to

(10) globalize. Global expansion through

acquisition is usually expensive, and

expansion through internal growth is

time-consuming and sometimes

impossible in markets that are not

(15) actively growing. Some service industry

companies, in fact, regard these

traditional routes to global expansion

as inappropriate for service industries

because of their special need to pre-

(20) serve local responsiveness through

local presence and expertise. One

travel agency has eschewed the traditional

route altogether. A survivor

of the changes that swept the travel

(25) industry as a result of the deregulation

of the airlines in 1978—changes that

included dramatic growth in the corporate

demand for travel services,

as well as extensive restructuring and

(30) consolidation within the travel industry—

this agency adopted a unique structure

for globalization. Rather than expand

by attempting to develop its own offices

abroad, which would require the devel-

(35) opment of local travel management

expertise sufficient to capture foreign

markets, the company solved its

globalization dilemma effectively by

forging alliances with the best foreign

(40) partners it could find. The resulting

cooperative alliance of independent

agencies now comprises 32 partners

spanning 37 countries.

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Q1: (10-33)

The passage suggests that one of the effects of the deregulation of the airlines was

A. a decline in the services available to noncommercial travelers

B. a decrease in the size of the corporate travel market

C. a sharp increase in the number of cooperative alliances among travel agencies

D. increased competition in a number of different service industries

E. the merging of some companies within the travel industry

                                                                                           Answer:E

why choose E？

of the airlines in 1978—changes that

included dramatic growth in the corporate

demand for travel services,

as well as extensive restructuring and

(30) consolidation within the travel industry

只有E 其他可以排除 文中对1978的事件 只有两点评论

1。dramatic growth in the corporate  demand for travel services

2。extensive restructuring and consolidation within the travel industry

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