messer 发表于 2010-12-12 21:49
1 incentivec ompensation of executives,2 lack of monitoring by boards of directors,3 &nb ...
原文: These factors may include the incentive compensation of executives, lack of monitoring by boards of directors, and managerial error in estimating the value of firms targeted for acquisition.
13题C选项:C. They are as likely to occur because of poor monitoring by boards of directors as to be caused by incentive compensation for managers.这里全是原文原词重现,确实很有诱惑力。但是as likely... as...的意思是moitoring和compensation同样概率会导致merger。这就是无中生有了
同困惑了半天,仔细看了眼才发现,D选项:Total compensation packages for managers increased during that period.
而题目:The author of the passage implies that which of the following is a possible partial explanation for acquisition behavior during the 1970’s and 1980’s?
所以其实D的意思是:管理层报酬在70-80年代提高了,完全是无中生有
虽然和文章中词组有重合,但意思大相径庭。
原文These factors may include the incentive compensation of executives, ...给决策者的报酬激励。
D选项og的解释是,did not discuss compensation package。 我觉得og的意思是,compensation package指的是包括wage, incentive, bouns, group incentive, insurance, medical benefits and vacation(这是我compensation课例学到的)等等等等的东西,而原文只提到incentives compensation。这题其实就在纠结细节跟原文有什么区别啦
34.Q12: It can inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely toagree with which of the following statements about corporate acquisitions?
A. Theirknown benefits to national economies explain their appeal to individual firmsduring the 1970’sand 1980’
s.
B. Despitetheir adverse impact on some firms, they are the best way to channel resourcesfrom less to more productive sectors of a nation’s economy.
C. Theyare as likely to occur because of poor monitoring by boards of directors as tobe caused by incentive compensation for managers.
D. Theywill be less prevalent in the future, since their actual effects will gainwider recognition.
E. Factors other than economic benefit to the acquiring firm help to explain the frequency with which they occur.
我觉得答案E有毛病..E说的是 help to explain the frequency
文章说的是It seems that factors (having little to do with corporate economic interests ) explain acquisitions
这里只是说解释 合并(原因)...而不是 合并的频率