这个阅读题选啥啊！！！！！

helenwolf

  Firms traditionally claim that they

       downsize (i.e., make permanent

       personnel cuts) for economic reasons,

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                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.

 

The passage suggests that downsizing’s mythic properties can be beneficial to a downsizing firm because these properties

             

1. allow the firm to achieve significant operating efficiencies

2. provide the firm with access to important organizing resources

3. encourage a long-term increase in the firm’s stock price

4. make the firm less reliant on external figures such as financial analysts and consultants

5. discourage the firm’s competitors from entering the global marketplace

这个题我找到了定位，但是文章的意思和题目问的也不一样啊，题目说这个特性对于裁员的公司是有利的，因为这些特性：答案给的B

我发现文章说的那些提供资源是修饰那些key actor的啊，这个只是修饰那些人的意思，没看出来downsizing 的作用啊，相反我到认为A说出了文章的定位的意思，那位明白给我讲讲，是否答案有误？？？？？谢谢！！！

lukeleng

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.
            

觉得这里才是答案所在

helenwolf

谢谢啊，感觉你说的定位对，但是没看出来B的答案和文章有同义变换的意思， 要是排除法我差不多能选B，蜘蛛侠你考过吗，我还有20天考试了。