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fair_sword

Q15 to Q18:

      Behavior science courses should

       be gaining prominence in business

       school curricula.  （evidence1）Recent theoretical

Line       work convincingly shows why behav-

  (5)       ioral factors such as organizational

culture and employee relations are

among the few remaining sources of

sustainable competitive advantage in

modern organizations.  Furthermore,（ evidence2,）

(10)      empirical evidence demonstrates

clear linkages between human

resource (HR) practices based in

the behavioral sciences and various

aspects of a firm’s financial success.

(15)      Additionally, （Evidence3.）some of the world’s most

successful organizations have made

unique HR practices a core element

of their overall business strategies.

      Yet the behavior sciences

(20)      are struggling for credibility in many

business schools.  Surveys show

that business students often regard

behavioral studies as peripheral to

       the mainstream business curriculum.

(25)      This perception can be explained by

the fact（原因1） that business students, hoping

to increase their attractiveness to

prospective employers, are highly

sensitive to business norms and

(30)      practices, and （原因2）current business

practices have generally been

moving away from an emphasis on

       understanding human behavior and

toward more mechanistic organiza-

(35)      tional models.  （原因3）Furthermore, the

       status of HR professionals within

organizations tends to be lower

than that of other executives.

      Students’ perceptions would

(40)      matter less if business schools

were not increasingly dependent on

external funding—form legislatures,

businesses, and private foundations—

for survival.  Concerned with their

(45)      institutions’ ability to attract funding,

administrators are increasingly tar-

geting low-enrollment courses and

degree programs for elimination.

第一段：（论点）: Behavior science courses should

       be gaining prominence in business school curricula（作者的意思就是：Behavior science爽呀！）。

例证：（evidence1, theoretical work.）       （evidence2, empirical    evidence. ）（Evidence3. world’s most successful organizations. ）

第二段： (论点)：Yet the behavior sciences

are struggling for credibility in many

business schools.（问题）

Surveys show(问题的表现形式) 原因1。2，3

第三段：第一句话。解决2段问题的一个方法和其出现的另一个    原因。

总结：全文结论解释型：TS：第一句话。

答案A: TS的改写

答案E（叙述方法和用词特别像ETS的正确答案）实际是2段除了第一句话的内容。如果选E，请问1,3段在文章中的作用？

  

The primary purpose of the passage is to

              

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula
   
2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula
   
3. predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula
   
4. challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula
   
5. identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

                                    

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tianwan

Q15, E. Nowhere does the author mention that anything in curricula should be modified.

robertchu

Agree on E.
Gist of the passage:
P1. Behavior science courses are important.
P2. But they are struggle.  Why?  Students view them as peripheral
P3. And, schools are cutting low enrollment courses

fair_sword

偶的选择理由在上面

snowflower

I think A is correct, E is the detail about other paragraphs

fair_sword

选E,看roboerchu的段意。P2. But they are struggle.  Why?  Students view them as peripheral

GreenHorse

能把题目也贴上吗？俺读了半天最后没有题呀。

caterpillar

我来把题目贴上：

The primary purpose of the passage is to

              

1. propose a particular change to business school curricula
2. characterize students’ perceptions of business school curricula
3. predict the consequences of a particular change in business school curricula
4. challenge one explanation for the failure to adopt a particular change in business school curricula
5. identify factors that have affected the prestige of a particular field in business school curricula

我支持A。觉得fair_sword分析得挺清楚的，是个结论解释型的文章，第一句话就把结论说了：Behavior science courses should be gaining prominence in business school curricula. 其中should be gaining prominence跟A中的particula change对应。

perpetual

偶支持A. 首句这么说的。。。。。我比较菜，盲人摸象中

numero

支持E.

A中说a particular change也不具体, 太广泛.