每篇文章问的关于what is the primary purpose/ primary concern的题都错

kkning

很郁闷的一件事就是每篇文章问的关于what is the primary purpose/ primary concern的题都错，我已经每篇文章都写结构图出来了，但是还是不对。
总感觉选项中的那个所谓正确的答案不够准确，有什么办法吗？

kkning

自己顶。。。

lynnezhou小白

我刚好和你反着，每篇文章即使其他全错，也只有这题不错啊，我就是读一遍，读懂了就很容易选出来，就像你做汉语的阅读一样，读一遍在心里就知道大概讲什么了，凭直觉选吧

kkning

OG 的就不会错,GWD的就一沓糊涂。。。是不是他的思路和我的有问题

kkning

比如说GWD5 Q22-25:

Most pre-1990 literature on businesses’ use of information technology (IT)—defined as any form of computer-based information system—focused on spectacular IT successes and reflected a general optimism concerning IT’s potential as a resource for creating competitive advantage.  But toward the end of the 1980’s, some economists spoke of a “productivity paradox”:  despite huge IT investments, most notably in the service sectors, productivity stagnated.  In the retail industry, for example, in which IT had been widely adopted during the 1980’s, productivity (average output per hour) rose at an average annual rate of 1.1 percent between 1973 and 1989, compared with 2.4 percent in the preceding 25-year period.  roponents of IT argued that it takes both time and a critical mass of investment for IT to yield benefits, and some suggested that growth figures for the 1990’s proved these benefits were finally being realized.  They also argued that measures of productivity ignore what would have happened without investments in IT—productivity gains might have been even lower.  There were even claims that IT had improved the performance of the service sector significantly, although macroeconomic measures of productivity did not reflect the improvement.
         But some observers questioned why, if IT had conferred economic value, it did not produce direct competitive advantages for individual firms.  Resource-based theory offers an answer, asserting that, in general, firms gain competitive advantages by accumulating resources that are economically valuable, relatively scarce, and not easily replicated.  According to a recent study of retail firms, which confirmed that IT has become pervasive and relatively easy to acquire, IT by itself appeared to have conferred little advantage.  In fact, though little evidence of any direct effect was found, the frequent negative correlations between IT and performance suggested that IT had probably weakened some firms’ competitive positions.  However, firms’ human resources, in and of themselves, did explain improved performance, and some firms gained IT-related advantages by merging IT with complementary resources, particularly human resources. The findings support the notion, founded in resource-based theory, that competitive advantages do not arise from easily replicated resources, no matter how impressive or economically valuable they may be, but from complex, intangible resources.

GWD5-Q22:
The passage is primarily concerned with
A.    describing a resource and indicating various methods used to study it
B.    presenting a theory and offering an opposing point of view
C.    providing an explanation for unexpected findings
D.    demonstrating why a particular theory is unfounded
E.    resolving a disagreement regarding the uses of a technology

答案选C,我选B

在我理解，文章先说IT可不可以成为competitive advantage，然后说它更多的成为了production paradox in service industry, 第二段又说它为什么不可能成为competitive advantage.
整个文章就是在提出观点然后说观点不成立，与其说competitive advantage不如说production paradox，还进一步解释说为什么不。

而C, 根本没有提到第二段在讲什么。

小奔Grace

以前考中文的时候，我每次碰到这种题必错。
不过看了OG的分析再来做这种题，基本上很少错了。
要对文章的架构要正确的认识，读完文章，对它画一个框架来，再看选项，哪个最好选哪个。