OG10-16-99：类比题。B选项迷惑性好大，请大家指教。谢谢。

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Traditionally, the first firm to commercialize a new

technology has benefited from the unique opportunity to

shape product definitions, forcing followers to adapt to a

standard or invest in an unproven alternative. Today, how-

( 5) ever, the largest payoffs may go to companies that lead in

developing integrated approaches for successful mass

production and distribution.

Producers of the Beta format for videocassette recorders

(VCR’s), for example, were first to develop the VCR com-

(10) mercially in 1975, but producers of the rival VHS (Video

Home System) format proved to be more successful at

forming strategic alliances with other producers and

distributors to manufacture and market their VCR format

Seeking to maintain exclusive control over VCR distri-

(15) bution. Beta producers were reluctant to form such alli-

ances and eventually lost ground to VHS in the compe-

tition for the global VCR market.

Despite Beta’s substantial technological head start and

the fact that VHS was neither technically better nor cheaper

(20) than Beta, developers of VHS quickly turned a slight early

lead in sales into a dominant position. Strategic alignments

with producers of prerecorded tapes reinforced the VHS

advantage. The perception among consumers that prere-

corded tapes were more available in VHS format further

(25) expanded VHS’s share of the market. By the end of the

1980’s. Beta was no longer in production.

 

 

99. The alignment of producers of VHS-format VCR’s with producers of prerecorded videotapes is most similar to which of the following?

(A)   The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with another automobile manufacturer to adopt a standard design for automobile engines.

(B)   The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with an automotive glass company whereby the manufacturer agrees to purchase automobile windshields only from that one glass company

(C)   The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with a petroleum company to ensure the widespread availability of the fuel required by a new type of engine developed by the manufacturer.

(D)  The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with its dealers to adopt a plan to improve automobile design.(C)

(E)   The alignment of an automobile dealer with an automobile rental chain to adopt a strategy for an advertising campaign to promote a new type of automobile

在杨继的GMAT阅读精解中，他解释B选项的错误原因是目的“生产商同意只买这家公司的挡风玻璃”不对。我觉得还是挺有道理的，比我之前完全想不明白为什么能选C就不能选B好。不过，还是想知道大家怎么分析此题的，很多时候大家分析的比书上好很多。呵呵：）

ppjelly

想通了，自己给自己回帖：）

主要问题在于，原文的意思是tapes are more in VHS than that in BETA，即在tapes可以供给给VHS和BETA两种制式的情况下，但是由于战略联盟，tape支持VHS多一些，也就是更多的tapes使用VHS制式，以使得VHS制式的录像机有更多的tapes片源；C答案中fuel=tapes，new type of engine=VHS,即tapes(fuel）支持VHS（engine）,所以跟原文最符合；B答案windshields=tapes,automobile company=VHS company,"the manufacturer agrees to purchase automobile windshields only from that one glass company"即等于说VHS(automobile company)支持tapes(windshields)，跟原文恰好相反了。所以B错，C对。