AegeanSea倒计时－－二战再败 告别G

辛辛

好久没来逛了，好热闹啊！我也借你的帖子来唠叨唠叨。

现在的正确率还是没有多大提高，好象没有多少成效。昨天看帖子说GWD错得差不多了，就可以去考了。看来，这次考只能是去熟习以下气氛了。：）没办法，已经尽力了。

AegeanSea2006，

你可否帮看一下GWD-7-38，GWD-9-28，GWD-4-24，GWD-4-25。我看过讨论了，可是还是不太明白。如有需要，我再把原题贴上。多谢了！

xrx7072_cn

以下是引用AegeanSea2006在2005-9-14 0:01:00的发言：

xrx, 你的成绩那么好，一定没问题的，快到考试了，想的也就多了。我的成绩这么烂，我还鼓励自己呢。。。

我们都很努力很努力了，真的希望我们都有好成绩。。

加油加油！

还有9套补充题，准备做吗？

AegeanSea2006

以下是引用辛辛在2005-9-14 9:17:00的发言：

好久没来逛了，好热闹啊！我也借你的帖子来唠叨唠叨。

现在的正确率还是没有多大提高，好象没有多少成效。昨天看帖子说GWD错得差不多了，就可以去考了。看来，这次考只能是去熟习以下气氛了。：）没办法，已经尽力了。

AegeanSea2006，

你可否帮看一下GWD-7-38，GWD-9-28，GWD-4-24，GWD-4-25。我看过讨论了，可是还是不太明白。如有需要，我再把原题贴上。多谢了！

辛辛，下次贴问题还是贴上原题吧，这样好看一些，hoho

AegeanSea2006

以下是引用xrx7072_cn在2005-9-14 12:04:00的发言：

加油加油！

还有9套补充题，准备做吗？

什么是补充题？？

AegeanSea2006

答辛辛

GWD7-Q38:

Journalist:  Well-known businessman Arnold Bergeron has long been popular in the state, and he has often talked about running for governor, but he has never run.  However, we have just learned that Bergeron has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for candidacy by submitting a detailed list of his current financial holdings to the election commission.  So, it is very likely that Bergeron will be a candidate for governor this year.

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the journalist’s argument?

1. Has anybody else who has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for the upcoming election reported greater financial holdings than Bergeron?


2. Is submitting a list of holdings the only way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements?


3. Did the information recently obtained by the journalists come directly from the election commission?


4. Have Bergeron’s financial holdings increased in value in recent years?


5. Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections?

我同意B

本题争论很大，主要集中在BE上，很多牛人都分析过了，我就说说我的看法吧：

题目推理：AB这个人要竞选一直都没有竞选，现在他向竞选委员会提供了他当前的财务状况列表达到了竞选人的财务披露需求，说明这家伙要参与竞选。题目要evaluate

看B，是否提供财务状况列表是达到委员会要求的财务披露的唯一途径？如果回答是，则加强结论，否，则削弱结论；

看E，AB这个人是否在以前的选举中也曾达到了候选人财务披露的要求？这个选项我理解是无关的，因为AB即使达到了需求，但是没有向委员会提供相关证明，不能说明他有竞选倾向，所以回答是或否，都不能对结论产生影响；

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-9-14 14:04:14编辑过]

AegeanSea2006

答辛辛

9-Q28:

Editorial in Krenlandian Newspaper:

Krenland’s steelmakers are losing domestic sales because of lower-priced imports, in

many cases because foreign governments subsidize their steel industries in ways that are

banned by international treaties. But whatever the cause, the cost is ultimately going to

be jobs in Krenland’s steel industry. Therefore, it would protect not only steel companies

but also industrial employment in Krenland if our government took measures to reduce

cheap steel imports.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the editorial’s argument?

A. Because steel from Krenland is rarely competitive in international markets, only a

very small portion of Krenlandian steelmakers’ revenue comes from exports.

B. The international treaties that some governments are violating by giving subsidies

to steelmakers do not specify any penalties for such violations.

C. For many Krenlandian manufacturers who face severe international competition

in both domestic and export markets, steel constitutes a significant part of their

raw material costs.

D. Because of advances in order-taking, shipping, and inventory systems, the cost of

shipping steel from foreign producers to Krenland has fallen considerably in

recent years.

E. Wages paid to workers in the steel industry in Krenland differ significantly from

wages paid to workers in many of the countries that export steel to Krenland.

这题选C应该没有什么异议

原文推理：简单来说就是减少进口能保护本地钢厂，并保证就业；问削弱

A 说K的钢厂在国际市场没有竞争力，出口收入很少；――推理和出口无关

B说对于其他国家的违规保护，国际条例没有任何惩罚；――无关，惩罚与否不是推理中的关键问题；

C K的制造业面临国际竞争，钢原材价格构成了钢材加工品价格的主要部分。――在这情况下，如果限制低价钢原材进口，就等于提高钢加工品价格，使钢材加工品竞争力减少，导致更多的失业。从而WEAKEN结论。

D 因为blabla，近年来运输钢材的费用降低；――无关；

E K的工资和其他国家不一样；――无关；

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-9-14 14:04:32编辑过]

AegeanSea2006

答辛辛

GWD4- Q22 to Q25:

      Many managers are influenced by

            dangerous myths about pay that lead

            to counterproductive decisions about

Line     how their companies compensate

  (5)      employees.  One such myth is that

labor rates, the rate per hour paid to

workers, are identical with labor costs,

the money spent on labor in relation to

the productivity of the labor force.

(10)     This myth leads to the assumption that

a company can simply lower its labor

costs by cutting wages.  But labor

costs and labor rates are not in fact

the same:  one company could pay

(15)     its workers considerably more than

another and yet have lower labor

costs if that company’s productivity

were higher due to the talent of its

workforce, the efficiency of its work

(20)     processes, or other factors.  The

            confusion of costs with rates per-

            sists partly because labor rates are

a convenient target for managers who

want to make an impact on their com-

(25)     pany’s budgets.  Because labor rates

are highly visible, managers can easily

compare their company’s rates with

those of competitors.  Furthermore,

labor rates often appear to be a

(30)     company’s most malleable financial

variable:  cutting wages appears an

easier way to control costs than such

            options as reconfiguring work pro-

cesses or altering product design.

(35)          The myth that labor rates and labor

costs are equivalent is supported by

business journalists, who frequently

confound the two.  For example, prom-

inent business journals often remark on

(40)    the “high” cost of German labor, citing

as evidence the average amount paid

to German workers.  The myth is also

perpetuated by the compensation-

consulting industry, which has its own

(45)     incentives to keep such myths alive.

First, although some of these con-

sulting firms have recently broadened

their practices beyond the area of

compensation, their mainstay con-

(50)     tinues to be advising companies on

changing their compensation prac-

tices.  Suggesting that a company’s

performance can be improved in

some other way than by altering its

(55)     pay system may be empirically cor-

rect but contrary to the consultants’

interests.  Furthermore, changes

to the compensation system may

appear to be simpler to implement

(60)     than changes to other aspects of an

organization, so managers are more

likely to find such advice from con-

sultants palatable.  Finally, to the

extant that changes in compensation

(65)     create new problems, the consultants

will continue to have work solving the

problems that result from their advice.

Q24:

It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about compensation?

                        

1. A company’s labor costs are not affected by the efficiency of its work processes.


2. High labor rates are not necessarily inconsistent with the goals of companies that want to reduce costs


3. It is more difficult for managers to compare their companies’ labor rates with those of competitors than to compare labor costs.


4. A company whose labor rates are high is unlikely to have lower labor costs than other companies.


5. Managers often use information about competitors’ labor costs to calculate those companies’ labor rates.

我的看法：虽然文章在多处提到了compensation，但是作者agree的，是highligh成黄色的那一段，选B

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Q25:

According to the passage, which of the following is true about changes to a company’s compensation system?

1. They are often implemented in conjunction with a company’s efforts to reconfigure its work processes.


2. They have been advocated by prominent business journals as the most direct way for a company to bring about changes in its labor costs.


3. They are more likely to result in an increase in labor costs than they are to bring about competitive advantages for the company.


4. They sometimes result in significant cost savings but are likely to create labor-relations problems for the company.


5. They may seem to managers to be relatively easy to implement compared with other kinds of changes managers might consider.

参见文章highlight成蓝色的一段，选E

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-9-14 14:03:46编辑过]

辛辛

AegeanSea2006，

真是太辛苦你了，下次一定贴上原题！！！

Q24是我自己没有翻译好，导致了误解，现在明白了；

Q25我受上的答案是C，不过我支持你的答案。

仍然有疑问：steel constitutes a significant part of their raw material costs.可以翻成

钢原材价格构成了钢材加工品价格的主要部分？

raw material 好象不等于钢材加工品吧？

恭喜啊！都做完了，而且水平显著提高了嘛！真羡慕。。

你的数学怎么样？真不明白，我再三小心，也要错上很多个，基础不好啊！真后悔小时侯没有学好。。。

AegeanSea2006

以下是引用辛辛在2005-9-14 17:21:00的发言：

仍然有疑问：steel constitutes a significant part of their raw material costs.可以翻成

钢原材价格构成了钢材加工品价格的主要部分？

这句话直译就是：钢组成了原材料(raw material)价格(cost)的主要部分

raw material 好象不等于钢材加工品吧？

恭喜啊！都做完了，而且水平显著提高了嘛！真羡慕。。

高看我啦，现在都不敢报天山的成绩了，那叫一个惨啊。。。

你的数学怎么样？真不明白，我再三小心，也要错上很多个，基础不好啊！真后悔小时侯没有学好。。。

我的数学还凑合，每次错3个左右，mm不放心的话，这些天多看看math JJ吧

AegeanSea2006

这道题有些晕，我选B，答案是C，有点迷糊B和C的比较有什么区别呢？？ 天山7-39 Q39: Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi, in the form of carbon dioxide, and converting it to energy-rich sugars. A. Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi B. Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi C. Plants are more efficient than fungi at acquiring carbon D. Plants, more efficient than fungi at acquiring carbon E. Plants acquire carbon more efficiently than fungi 大家讨论