天山9－Q9，Q12

liu977

天山9－Q9—Q12

Ecoefficiency (measures

to minimize environmental

impact through the reduction

Line               or elimination of waste from

(5)                 production processes) has

become a goal for companies

worldwide, with many realizing

significant cost savings from

such innovations. Peter Senge

(10)               and Goran Carstedt see this

development as laudable but

suggest that simply adopting

ecoefficiency innovations could

actually worsen environmental

(15)               stresses in the future. Such

innovations reduce production

waste but do not alter the num-

ber of products manufactured

nor the waste generated from

(20)               their use and discard; indeed,

most companies invest in eco-

efficiency improvements in

order to increase profits and

growth. Moreover, there is

(25)               no guarantee that increased

economic growth from eco-

efficiency will come in similarly

ecoefficient ways, since in

today’s global markets,

(30)               greater profits may be turned

into investment capital that

could easily be reinvested

in old-style eco-inefficient

industries. Even a vastly

(35)               more ecoefficient industrial

system could, were it to grow

much larger, generate more

total waste and destroy more

habitat and species than would

(40)               a smaller, less ecoefficient

economy. Senge and Carstedt

argue that to preserve the

global environment and sustain

economic growth, businesses

(45)               must develop a new systemic

approach that reduces total

material use and total accu-

mulated waste. Focusing

exclusively on ecoefficiency,

(50)               which offers a compelling

business case according

to established thinking, may

distract companies from

pursuing radically different

(55)               products and business

models.

T-9-Q9

The primary purpose of the passage is to

1. explain why a particular business strategy has been less successful than was once anticipated


2. propose an alternative to a particular business strategy that has inadvertently caused ecological damage


3. present a concern about the possible consequences of pursuing a particular business strategy


4. make a case for applying a particular business strategy on a larger scale than is currently practiced


5. suggest several possible outcomes of companies’ failure to understand the economic impact of a particular business strategy

T-9-Q12

The passage implies that which of the following is a possible consequence of a company’s adoption of innovations that increase its ecoefficiency?

1. Company profits resulting from such innovations may be reinvested in that company with no guarantee that the company will continue to make further improvements in ecoefficiency.


2. Company growth fostered by cost savings from such innovations may allow that company to manufacture a greater number of products that will be used and discarded, thus worsening environmental stress.


3. A company that fails to realize significant cost savings from such innovations may have little incentive to continue to minimize the environmental impact of its production processes.


4. A company that comes to depend on such innovations to increase its profits and growth may be vulnerable in the global market to competition from old-style ecoinefficient industries.


5. A company that meets its ecoefficiency goals is unlikely to invest its increased profits in the development of new and innovative ecoefficiency measures.

这篇文章以前有过讨论，但还存有一些疑问，所以翻出来再讨论：1.请帮忙确认一下第9题的答案，我选A 2.第12题，以前讨论的结果是B，但仔细看了文中红字部分，并没有明确说ecoefficiency的使用可以manufacture a great number of products,只说not alter the number....这么看B是不是还值得商榷，而A则没有什么大问题，WangyuNN曾指出A中的further和原文的similar不同，但我认为恰恰是原文改写，原文说ecoefficiency带来的经济增长并未再度用在同样的ecoefficiency上（投资到非ecoefficiency上了），A的意思是ecoefficiency带来的经济增长并未进一步发展ecoefficiency，不也正是这个意思吗？

Open to discuss。。。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-8-27 1:19:17编辑过]

wangyu73cn

对于以前有讨论的题目，最好跟贴提问啊。^_^，这样也方便其他人查阅，回答。

9题，是C吗？至于A,文中没有说过前后的对比啊。

12题，我原来也是看其他人的讨论才有further这一意见的。文中，Moreover, there is no guarantee that increased economic growth from ecoefficiency will come in similarly ecoefficient ways, since in today’s global markets, greater profits may be turned into investment capital that could easily be reinvested in old-style eco-inefficient industries. 这两处可能和A选项有些许的出入，其实A选项也基本正确了。
但关键是，B并没有找出任何错误和出入啊，文中，Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt see this development as laudable but suggest that simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could actually worsen environmental stresses in the future. Such innovations reduce production waste but do not alter the number of products manufactured nor the waste generated from their use and discard; 所以选了B。

toeflboy2005

A :"may be reinvested in that company" 

the passage does not  refer to this.

handsong

第9题有疑问。

本文的主要目的从结尾处可以明确是：提出另一种方法以减少对环境的影响，即B；

而选项C中"concern about the possible consequences of pursuing a particular business strategy"是为后面提出新方法提供分析论据，不应是文章的主要目的。

请NN指点！

二狼神

本文主题是这句:Peter Senge

(10) and Goran Carstedt see this

development as laudable but

suggest that simply adopting

ecoefficiency innovations could

actually worsen environmental

(15) stresses in the future.
        

littledou

以下是引用wangyu73cn在2005-8-27 10:46:00的发言：

对于以前有讨论的题目，最好跟贴提问啊。^_^，这样也方便其他人查阅，回答。

9题，是C吗？至于A,文中没有说过前后的对比啊。

12题，我原来也是看其他人的讨论才有further这一意见的。文中，Moreover, there is no guarantee that increased economic growth from ecoefficiency will come in similarly
   ecoefficient ways, since in today’s global markets, greater profits may be turned into investment capital that could easily be reinvested in old-style eco-inefficient industries. 这两处可能和A选项有些许的出入，其实A选项也基本正确了。
但关键是，B并没有找出任何错误和出入啊，文中，Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt see this development as laudable but suggest that simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could actually worsen environmental stresses in the future. Such innovations reduce production waste but do not alter the number of products manufactured nor the waste generated from their use and discard; 所以选了B。

B中的greater比较级和原文出入很大啊。原文只是说数字不变，并没有比较这层意思啊。

相反，A中因为有了may be使它的正确率大些。不过那个that是它的致命伤：挣来的钱投到相同的公司，这个公司不保证继续改善，这样一来和原文意思就差的比较大了。

ETS太阴了。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-5 21:29:44编辑过]

SBGMAC

同意楼上的，12题B错在"that"上。因为原文说的是“greater profits may be turned into investment capital that could easily be reinvested in old-style eco-inefficient industries.” 而不是12题B中所说的

"Company profits resulting from such innovations may be reinvested in that company"

maggiecookies

天啊, 我12题选的是D, 没理解 be vulnerable 的意思, 再仔细看的时候, 同意楼上关于A, B两选项的解释.

fpig

第9题支持选B

实际上全文不单单是present a concern，作者已提出改善的意见了：businesses must develop a new systemic approach that reduces total material use and total accumulated waste，而且我觉得B中的inadvertently用的也很好，和文章的意思一致。

yf1369

第九题的B为什么不对啊？nn给解释一下吧