[讨论]og-38题目的第一句话

amy_lyy

Established companies concentrate on defending what they already have. Consequently, they tend not to be innovative themselves and tend to underestimate the effect of the innovations of others.

我怎么感觉第一句话和下一句陈述的内容相反defending what they already have 的意思不是be innovative吗

babypace

不一定啊。为什么说保持现有的=要创新？答案正是对你的疑问最好的解释，公司做了修改，没有新技术，没有创新。只在原产品上修补漏洞而已。

iwillfly

  

38. Which of the following best completes the passage below?

Established companies concentrate on defending what they already have. Consequently, they tend not to be innovative themselves and tend to underestimate the effects of the innovations of others. The clearest example of this defensive strategy is the fact that___.

A. ballpoint pens and soft-tip markers have eliminated the traditional market for fountain pens, clearing the way for the marketing of fountain pens as luxury or prestige items

B. a highly successful automobile was introduced by the same company that had earlier introduced a model that had been a dismal failure

C. a once-successful manufacturer of slide rules reacted to the introduction of electronic calculators by trying to make better slide rules

D. one of the first models of modern accounting machines, designed for use in the banking industry, was purchased by a public library as well as by banks

E. the inventor of a commonly used anesthetic did not intend the product to be used by dentists, who currently account for almost the entire market for that drug.

恳请哪位好心的牛牛再帮我详细解释一下这题，我怎么还是没发现题目所要叙述的核心内容是什么呢？

为什么选C？非常感谢！

ethyl

稳定的公司往往固步自封；不但不思创新，而且鄙视别的公司的创新行为。

问例子。

A：消除传统市场；创新。

B：不明显；没有描述他对其余公司的反应。

C：见到新产品，没有创新，作为对策，只是把原来的老产品更新；正确。

D：无关。

E：无关。

zhuer

E选项是什么意思呢？哪位可以帮忙解释一下意思？

GMATCRACKER1983

E,麻醉剂的发明者起初发明麻醉剂的时候并没有想到把麻醉剂给牙医使用.可是牙医现却已经成了麻醉剂的主要的购买市场.

iwillfly

完全懂了，谢谢版主耐心指点

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billyoung

我觉得E选项也正确阿，

发明者低估了麻醉剂在牙医中的作用，只是专注于其作为药品的领域。

产品用途的转变也是一种创新吧

caplasing

我怎么觉得这个题真……不好……

我选的是A啊，虽然按照楼上的牛牛的说法A恰好是一个消灭传统市场的反例， 但是换一个角度看就是一个传统市场因为没有更新而被灭掉了啊 多对啊

那个C……一个生产计算尺的工厂他再怎么创新也不就是应该用更好的方法去生产更好的计算尺么……这不明明就是创新么……难道非要改行去生产洗衣机才能算是创新么，他加入了计算机的运用显然就是和时代接轨了创新了啊

还有我也挺赞同楼上E的说法的……总之……

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emma427

e 显然是错的。

题目的关键在于公司在DEFEND MARKET 而不是INNOVATIVE。

在DEFEND 的ACTIOn 只有C 公司在做。