TTGWD-4-37

蓝夕叶子

  The experience of British business
 in Iran between the 1860’s and the
 1970’s is one example of the changing
Line importance of British enterprise in Asia
  (5) as a whole.  Before 1914 British busi-
ness established and dominated Iran’s
modern industrial and financial sector;
in the 1920’s this domination began to
wane; by the 1960’s British enterprise
 (10) was of little importance in the Iranian
economy.  While in Japan and India the
decline of British business was primarily
a function of the rise of strong indige-
nous business groups, in Iran, by
 (15) contrast, the government played a
large role in both challenging British
commercial interests and stimulating
locally owned enterprise.  Periodic
surges of intense Iranian economic
 (20) nationalism must be understood partly
 as a reaction to the close relations
 between British business in Iran and
the British government.  In retrospect,
it is possible to see the uneasy and
 (25) ambiguous nature of this relationship.
It is true that the British Imperial Bank
in Iran was never entirely a tool of the
British government, and that the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company did not take its
 (30) orders from the British government,
despite the 51 percent government
shareholding.  However, the relationship
 between British business and the British
government was sufficiently close that
 (35) many Iranians understandably viewed
the oil company and the bank as sym-
bols of a British imperialist policy.

37。The author of the passage mentions the British government’s shares in the Anglo-Iranian

Oil Company most probably in order to

A. demonstrate the British enterprise in Iran was controlled by the British government
B. contrast British-run businesses in Iran with Iranian-run businesses in Iran
C. show how joint British and Iranian enterprises were encouraged by the British government
D. illustrate a point about the financial difficulties faced by British businesses in Asia
E. suggest a reason for Iranians’ perception of the role British government played in British business

我选的是D，答案是E。

觉得E有道理，但是无法找到定位。相反，D我能找到定位（见偶标注的提亮部分）。

还请NN指点。

wangwei1016_

我倒是觉得定位在这

However, the relationship（指British
government占有英伊石油公司的股份）
 between British business（石油公司） and the British
government was sufficiently close that
 (35) many Iranians understandably viewed（对应Iranians’ perception ）
the oil company and the bank as sym-
bols of a British imperialist polic

讨论一下。

cyoasis

叶子MM，首先，英国政府持股51%不代表是有 financial difficulties ，这个是没有关系的。。。用一个dispite恰巧是为了说明即使在政府控股的情况下，在伊朗的这个英国公司仍然坚持自主决策，但是51%的数据让伊朗人民不能相信这个公司是友好的，所以要抵触它。

其次，E的定位在However, the relationship
 between British business and the British
government was sufficiently close that
 (35) many Iranians understandably viewed
the oil company and the bank as sym-
bols of a British imperialist policy.