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dolphintree

E不对

根据 although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be……,所以即使firms were less narrowly specialized（也就是被broaden了），the result may not be very different，E错

lolita0320

以下是引用dolphintree在2007-7-29 22:12:00的发言：

E不对

根据 although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be……,所以即使firms were less narrowly specialized（也就是被broaden了），the result may not be very different，E错

这个句子里面不是是红色标注的部分，而且"some"这个词也可以说明问题，不能因为是一些公司的变化而影响所有公司的政策建议。。再一个就是，答案A说的就是第二段的意思，其实咨询公司是故意给这样的政策建议的，因为这样他们才会继续有业务。。

snowofjune

我也觉得A不对，应该是B才对。

snowofjune

我觉得关键在于对提问中“company's compensation system"的理解。如果companies' compensation system >companies' pay system, 那么A就是绝对正确的。只要一句话就可以

Suggesting that a company’s

performance can be improved in

some other way than by altering its

 (55)     pay system may be empirically cor-

rect but contrary to the consultants’

interests. 划线部分就是“intended changes"， 但是由下文来看，

Furthermore, changes

to the compensation system may

appear to be simpler to implement

 (60)     than changes to other aspects of an

organization, so managers are more

likely to find such advice from con-

sultants palatable. 作者又是将二者等同的。（pay system = compensation system), 这就是为什么我始终不理解答案是A的原因。 有人愿意指点迷津吗？多谢！

Furthermore, changes

to the compensation system may

appear to be simpler to implement

 (60)     than changes to other aspects of an

organization, so managers are more

likely to find such advice from con-

sultants palatable. 作者又是将二者等同的。（pay system = compensation system), 这就是为什么我始终不理解答案是A的原因。 有人愿意指点迷津吗？多谢！

yyt33

Finally, to the extant that changes in compensation

 create new problems, the consultants

will continue to have work solving the

problems that result from their advice.

我是从 changes in compensation又引发新问题这里得出A的  不知道对不对

yinlixiao

我也选的B。

我差点就选A了，因为实在没有一个答案像正确的，觉得A的态度还是对的，虽然文中没有这么说过。

A一定不对，一来文中没说，二是拍拍脑袋都知道的：如果often failed, 公司还找他们帮忙，不是有病吗。

E也跟原文意思反了。

B虽然最没有意思，但是是最接近原文的，这个influenced views就是文中说的myth,也就是一些prominent business journals 认同的。

    

看到很多人误解了B选项的意思，

It has highly influenced views that predominate in prominent business journals.

分成两段看:

It has highly influenced views;

the views predominate in prominent business journals.

就是说咨询公司的观点跟一些很牛的作家一致。这个影响是说这些观点有影响力，不是说观点在影响作家。

zinra

The author of the passage suggests which of the following about the advice that the consulting firms discussed in the passage customarily give to companies attempting to control costs?

我覺得都不對，特別是B完全不相關吧...

chasedreamho

NN啊？到底选哪个？

wtylys

vote for B, 实在是矮子里面挑高个。。。