OG11紫色-92题

lydiajiali

Most large corporations in the United States were once run by individual capitalists who owned enough stock to dominate the board of directors and dictate company policy．Because putting such large amounts of stock 0n the market would only depress its value． they could not sell out for a quick profit and instead had to concentrate on improving the long-term productivity of their companies．Today, with few exceptions，the stock of large United States corporations is held by large institutions--pension funds，for example-and because these institutions are prohibited by antitrust laws from owning a majority of a company's stock and from actively influencing a company's decision-making，they can enhance their wealth only by buying and selling stock in anticipation of fluctuations In its value．A minority shareholder is necessarily a short-term trader．As a result，United States productivity is unlikely to improve unless shareholders and the managers of the companies in which they invest are encouraged to enhance long-term productivity (and hence long-term profitability), rather than simply to maximize short-term profits．

 Since the return of the old-style capitalist is unlikely, today's short-term traders must be remade into tomorrow's long-term capitalistic investors．The legal limits that now prevent financial institutions from acquiring a dominant shareholding position in a corporation should be removed，and such institutions encouraged to take a more active role in the operations of the companies in which they invest．In addition, any institution that holds 20 percent or more of a company's stock should be forced to give the public one day's notice of the intent to sell those shares．Unless the announced sale could be explained to the public on grounds other than anticipated future losses, the value of the stock would plummet and，like the old-time capitalists，major investors could cut their losses only by helping to restore their companies’ 　productivity．Such measures would force financial institutions to become capitalists whose success depends not on trading shares at the propitious moment, but on increasing the productivity of the companies in which they invest．

92．  It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true of majority shareholders in a corporation?

(A) They make the corporation's operational management decisions．

(B) They are not allowed to own more than 50 percent of the corporation's stock．

(C) They cannot make quick profits by selling off large amounts of their stock in the corporation．

(D) They are more interested in profits than in productivity．

(E) They cannot sell any of their stock in the corporation without giving the public advance notice．

答案是C.可是我觉得A和E都可以一样。

解释说A

A   While majority shareholders might dictate company policy(1ine 4)，there is no suggestion that they would make operational decisions．是否明白说的就不叫SUGGEST?我的理解对吗?

E  Majority shareholders may sell as much stock as they want；the only constraint they face is the economic one of quickly depressing the share price．我觉得原文中都有这句话了。怎么解释我都不能接受一样。我的理解是,是否原文中指的是如果要卖所有的股份就要通知,而只卖一部分就不一定呢。反正觉得不理解。

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lukeleng

A不对
在第一段中Today, with few exceptions，the stock of large United States corporations is held by large institutions--pension funds，for example-and because these institutions are prohibited by antitrust laws from owning a majority of a company's stock and from actively influencing a company's decision-making，
反反托拉斯法不允许这些机构拥有一家公司大多数股票,不允许他们积极影响公司的决策

后一段中
In addition, any institution that holds 20 percent or more of a company's stock should be forced to give the public one day's notice of the intent to sell those shares,
中should be forced是虚拟语气,与现有事实相反.现在不需要事先通知
所以E不对.

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-10-4 13:20:43编辑过]

lydiajiali

哦,恍然大悟啊。谢谢你的帮助。发现自己不仅仅是粗心,还很糊涂啊。

danielzh_sg

以下是引用lydiajiali在2007-10-4 9:54:00的发言：

Most large corporations in the United States were once run by individual capitalists who owned enough stock to dominate the board of directors and dictate company policy．Because putting such large amounts of stock 0n the market would only depress its value． they could not sell out for a quick profit and instead had to concentrate on improving the long-term productivity of their companies．Today, with few exceptions，the stock of large United States corporations is held by large institutions--pension funds，for example-and because these institutions are prohibited by antitrust laws from owning a majority of a company's stock and from actively influencing a company's decision-making，they can enhance their wealth only by buying and selling stock in anticipation of fluctuations In its value．A minority shareholder is necessarily a short-term trader．As a result，United States productivity is unlikely to improve unless shareholders and the managers of the companies in which they invest are encouraged to enhance long-term productivity (and hence long-term profitability), rather than simply to maximize short-term profits．

 Since the return of the old-style capitalist is unlikely, today's short-term traders must be remade into tomorrow's long-term capitalistic investors．The legal limits that now prevent financial institutions from acquiring a dominant shareholding position in a corporation should be removed，and such institutions encouraged to take a more active role in the operations of the companies in which they invest．In addition, any institution that holds 20 percent or more of a company's stock should be forced to give the public one day's notice of the intent to sell those shares．Unless the announced sale could be explained to the public on grounds other than anticipated future losses, the value of the stock would plummet and，like the old-time capitalists，major investors could cut their losses only by helping to restore their companies’ 　productivity．Such measures would force financial institutions to become capitalists whose success depends not on trading shares at the propitious moment, but on increasing the productivity of the companies in which they invest．

 A minority shareholder is necessarily a short-term trader 在文中的作用是什么？请指教