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wwwhahchn

知道了，谢谢版主！！

piaony

再问第8题A是怎么选出来的。

8.     With which of the following statements regarding the behavior of large firms in industrialized societies would the author be most likely to agree?

(A) The directors of large firms will continue to anticipate the demand for products.

(B) The directors of large firms are less interested in achieving a predictable level of profit than in achieving a large profit.

(C) The directors of large firms will strive to reduce the costs of their products.

(D) Many directors of large firms believe that the government should establish the prices that will be charged for products.（A）

(E) Many directors of large firms believe that the price charged for products is likely to increase annually.

rongrongliu

以下是引用piaony在2005-9-29 3:40:00的发言：

再问第8题A是怎么选出来的。

8.     With which of the following statements regarding the behavior of large firms in industrialized societies would the author be most likely to agree?

(A) The directors of large firms will continue to anticipate the demand for products.

(B) The directors of large firms are less interested in achieving a predictable level of profit than in achieving a large profit.

(C) The directors of large firms will strive to reduce the costs of their products.

(D) Many directors of large firms believe that the government should establish the prices that will be charged for products.（A）

(E) Many directors of large firms believe that the price charged for products is likely to increase annually.

我开始也选错了，后来斟酌了一下，文中前面提到大公司directors认识到price－cutting会损害大家共同的利益，所以自觉地fix price。但他们之前并没有专门达成什么协议。所以D，E都不对，这两个从文中都没有办法得到。而B，C也有明显错误。只有A是一个常规的发展中的大企业director的正常反应。而且由于大企业之前自觉的price－fixing，大家都不会有利益损害，这样应该可以continue to anticipate the demand for products。

不知道能不能make sence。如果大家有另外的理解请指教。谢谢。

hyte

再頂! 我選到B 其實是不知選啥亂選....哪位nn來解答!

mbamom

8的A是从这里来的 Each large firm will thus avoid significant price-cutting, because price-cutting would be prejudicial to the common interest in a stable demand for products.正因为demand stable, directors才能根据历史数据predict future demand而且A用了will continue to...正说明他们以前是这样做以后也会这样做，这种行为能持续的原因就是industrial system 本身造成price-fixing

Kids

还是态度题，q3: the quthor's attitude toward "most economists in the United States"(line 1) can best be described as:

为什么选c:critical and condescending,...我怎么没有感觉出来有谦逊的意思， 我选的是B。。。scornful and denunciatory...态度题总错。。不知道怎么办了！！希望有强人之点一下！！！！十分感谢！！！

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-5-27 4:43:28编辑过]

Kids

....这么多天了，，还没人帮忙啊。。。那我应该去问谁呢？

koaland

首先你选了B，说明你已经明确文章对经济学家们是负评价了

但是B里的“scornful and denunciatory”绝对是错误的，因为两个词都太重了，甚至有人身攻击的意味，GMAT绝不会考这样的题

C的话就很好，critical是批评，后面那个是让步，所以这种语气非常好，很客观

顺便我来问第一题：

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to

 (A) refute the theory that the free market plays a

 useful role in the development of industrialized

 societies

 (B) suggest methods by which economists and members 

 of the government of the United States can

 recognize and combat price-fixing by large firms

 (C) show that in industrialized societies price-fixing and

 the operation of the free market are not only

 compatible but also mutually beneficial

 (D) explain the various ways in which industrialized

societies can fix prices in order to stabilize the free   

market

 (E) argue that price-fixing, in one form or another, is an

inevitable part of and benefit to the economy of any

industrialized society

这篇文章我结构没把握好，这题是我错的唯一的一题，因为我不明白作者到底要说什么问题？(我本来意味是批评经济学家的错误)

这题怎么选出来？

sicivi

以下是引用wangyu73cn在2005-3-8 12:37:00的发言：

请参照，http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=25&ID=95100&page=2

In the early 1970’s, the Soviet Union began to give firms and industries some of the flexibility in adjusting prices that a more informal evolution has accorded the capitalist system.
that从句在这里是什么成份？我也不是很清楚，我就当作表示结果的连词考虑了。请指点。

这里对that从句的理解取决于对accord 这个词的理解。是赋予、给予的意思

这是一个修饰flexibility的定语从句，虽然中间被"in adjusting price"隔开，是说这个flexibilty 在资本主义制度下已经在一种非正式（相对与苏联的来说，因为他们是自由市场的发展中自然产生的，而苏联是由“政府”正式给予的）的发展过程中产生了（即“这种非正式的发展过程赋予了资本主义这样的自由度”）

hlbxb

我问一下第2题：

2.    The passage provides information that would answer which of the following questions about price-fixing?

I.     What are some of the ways in which prices can be fixed?

II.    For what products is price-fixing likely to be more profitable that the operation of the free market?

III.  Is price-fixing more common in socialist industrialized societies or in non-socialist industrialized societies?

(A) I only 正确

(B) III only

(C) I and II only

(D) II and III only

(E) I, II, and III

请问I.    What are some of the ways in which prices can be fixed? 是如何得出的结论？是问一些固定价格方法是什么吗？谢谢。