新东方CR section 6-6 百思不得其解（填空）

siebel

6. 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

虽然E略显勉强，但答案C似更不合理......

谢谢！

greenfish

我认为还是应该选C。
“manufacturers” 对　the innovations of others　“electronic calculators”　的反应是“trying to make better slide rules”，也就是因为他们underestimate 这些创新，并力图defend what they already have（即他们的slide），所以才会努力把自己的产品做得更好，而不去接受“electronic calculators”。

siebel

偶的理解：make better至少在部分含义上包含innovations。for example: 我们现在可以看到some kinds of slide rules上面有一个小小的calculator。这种产品应该可以归入'make better slide rules". 而这恰恰表示slide rules producer 接受“electronic calculators”。

是不牛角了一点？