请问GWD-13-3，谢谢！

sawaii

请问GWD-13-3，

为什么选C呢？我觉得应改选B才对啊！

还望指点！

谢谢！

我发现讨论区里GWD-13套的文章好像不怎么对啊，还是我的题有问题？

littlesnail

同问: GWD-13 q2-Q4; 讨论区的题号不对

HELP!

MayFair

Shouldn't it be D?

      Firms traditionally claim that they

            downsize (i.e., make permanent

            personnel cuts) for economic reasons,

Line     laying off supposedly unnecessary staff

  (5)      in an attempt to become more efficient

and competitive.  Organization theory

would explain this reasoning as an

example of the “economic rationality”

that it assumes underlies all organi-

 (10)     zational activities.  There is evidence

that firms believe they are behaving

rationally whenever they downsize; yet

recent research has shown that the

actual economic effects of downsizing

 (15)     are often negative for firms.  Thus,

organization theory cannot adequately

explain downsizing; non-economic

factors must also be considered.

One such factor is the evolution of

 (20)     downsizing into a powerful business

            myth:  managers simply believe that

            downsizing is efficacious.  Moreover,

downsizing nowadays is greeted

favorably by the business press; the

 (25)     press often refers to soaring stock

prices of downsizing firms (even though

research shows that stocks usually

rise only briefly after downsizing and

then suffer a prolonged decline).

 (30)     Once viewed as a sign of desperation,

downsizing is now viewed as a signal

that firms are serious about competing

            in the global marketplace; such signals

are received positively by key actors—

 (35)
               financial analysts, consultants,

shareholders—who supply firms with

vital organizing resources.  Thus, even

if downsizers do not become economi-

           cally more efficient, downsizing’s mythic

 (40)    properties give them added prestige

in the business community, enhancing

their survival prospects.

Q3:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

                       

1. criticize firms for engaging in the practice of downsizing
2. analyze the negative economic impact of downsizing on firms
3. offer an alternative to a traditional explanation for the occurrence of downsizing
4. chronicle how perceptions of downsizing have changed over time
5. provide evidence disputing the prevalence of downsizing

C. The article is not dicussing about why downsizing occurs.

MayFair

Sorry for the confusion. It seems C is better.

everann

没问题压，偶觉得。

E.C.D

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