GWD03-23题求解（一篇关于高管与企业计划执行和战略的阅读）

滑头鬼

部分原文： Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood.However, theory and limited research suggest that the process through which such plans emerge may play a part.In particular, top management decision-sharing—consensus-oriented, team-based decision-making—may increase the (10) likelihood that firms will adhere to their plans, because those involved in the decision-making may be more committed to the chosen course of action, thereby increasing the likelihood that (15) organizations will subsequently adhere to their plans.

However, the relationship between top management decision-sharing and adherence to plans may be affected by a firm’s strategic mission (its fundamental approach to increasing sales revenue and market share, and generating cash flow and short-term profits).GWD3-Q23:
Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence of the second paragraph of the passage?
?1、To answer a question posed in the first sentence of the passage about why firms adopt particular strategic missions
?2、To refute an argument made in the first paragraph about how top management decision-making affects whether firms will adhere to their strategic plans
?3、To provide evidence supporting a theory introduced in the first paragraph about what makes firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plants
?4、To qualify an assertion made in the preceding sentence about how top management decision-making affects the likelihood that firms will adhere to their strategic plans
?5、To explain a distinction relied on in the second paragraph (lines 17-68) regarding two different kinds of strategic missions
 我选的E，答案是D。我认为这句应该是第二段的总领句。我读题时对qualify就没理解，这个词在这里是什么意思呢？为什么要选D啊，请帮忙解释一下，谢谢！

zizi0902

同问，求指导啊！

秋叶蠖

a:to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form :modify
b: to make less harsh or strict :moderate
c: to alter the strength or flavor of
d: to limit or modify the meaning of (as a noun)