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lj_hq

请教一下，我没搞懂第8题到底是问的什么意思？

qiqisu

以下是该段文章的最后一段：

At the same time, a lack of forthrightness on the part of organizations has led to                           20

increased cynicism among employees about management’s motivation and competence.                21

Employees are now working 15 percent more hours per week than they were 20 years ago,          22

but organizations acknowledge this fact only by running stress-management workshops                23

to help employees to cope.  Sales people are being asked to increase sales at the same time           24

organizations have cut travel, phone, and advertising budgets.  Employees could probably            25

cope effectively with changes in the psychological contract if organizations were more                 26

forthright about how they were changing it.  But the euphemistic jargon used by executives         27

to justify the changes they were implementing frequently backfires; rather than                             28

engendering sympathy for management’s position, it sparks employees’ desire to be                      29

free of the organization all together.  In a recent study of employees’ attitudes about                           30

management, 49 percent of the sample strongly agreed that “management will take                       31

advantage of you if given the chance.”

Question 7:

Which of the following best characterizes the function of the final sentence of the

passage (lines 30-32)?

A.      It is such as an alternative explanation for phenomenon discussed earlier in the passage.

B.      It provides data intended to correct a common misconception.

C.      It further weakens an argument that is being challenged by the author.

D.     It introduces a specific piece of evidence in support of a claim made at beginning

of the final paragraph (lines 20-21).

E.  It answers a question that is implicit in the preceding sentence (lines 27-30).

个人感觉Q7的答案应该是E，因为我觉得，该段的首句是该段的中心句，意思是“由于公司缺少同员工的沟通而导致了员工对公司管理的动机和能力的愤世嫉俗的态度高涨”，而以下内容都是围绕这句话而展开的，或者说该句下面的全部内容用来说明该中心句的，而最后一句话只是其中的一部分。或者，换句话讲，最后一句话只说了“愤世嫉俗的”的态度，没有说“缺少沟通”与“愤世嫉俗”之间的关系。

我们再来看到数第二句话，

But the euphemistic jargon used by executives            27

to justify the changes they were implementing frequently backfires; rather than                             28

engendering sympathy for management’s position, it sparks employees’ desire to be                      29

free of the organization all together.  In a recent study of employees’ attitudes about                           30

management, 49 percent of the sample strongly agreed that “management will take                       31

advantage of you if given the chance.”

rather than 表示一种转折，“不是。。。而是。。。”，暗含着与顺接（这里it代替euphemistic jargon，委婉的方式应得到员工的同情）相反（员工决定离开公司）的关系，也就暗含着一个疑问----为什么会有这种相反的结果，而最后一句恰恰回答了这个疑问----因为员工愤世嫉俗的态度。所以E正确。

个人看法，请大家多多讨论。。。

eSpirit

以下是引用exan在2004-10-9 2:52:00的发言：

my answer

5. E

6. D

7. D

8. C

btw,2-4的答案什么？ my answer

2. E

3. B

4. D

I totally agree with you except question 6, which I choosed E. I believe that the reason in option D is a economic reason to shift to new relations, but not a legitimate reason. This can be confirmed by the phrase "significant financial losses" in D. The argument in the context said "top management is under pressure, resulting in increases in layoffs", Let's suppose that the company layed off some workers from the company's headcount, these layoffs will go to court if the compensation package is not good enough or the management can not give persuant reasons for their layoff action. That means these are actual legitimate reason for the organization.

Comments?

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juningw

我也和12楼一模一样。。。。

哪位nn站出来指点指点啊。。。

winsx2008

顶一下  什么是标准答案呀？

crystalno_1

仔细读，第6题应该是D.

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swlfx

5:E
6
7
8:C

Dinaxie

大家都在讨论正确答案，我可是连题目都不太理解，真是惭愧！我的问题如下，请指教：

Q7,

本文最后一句话的意思是不是49%的员工认为管理者在可能的情况下会为员工着想？如果与line20-21相关的话，是否取非：51%的员工认为管理者在可能的情况下会也不会为员工着想？如果不取非，我就不觉得两者有关；如果取非，49%的人认为会为他们着想，但不一定就是51%的人认为不着想啊！因为我们不是survey的情况。

Q8，请哪位NN帮忙翻译一下题目？

谢谢哦！

catree

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF....利用......这句话应为49%的员工认为管理者会利用他们.

oldest

eddc,呵呵，难得这套v全对阿。