gwd4-22, 无论如何都是A

dinosaure

should be B;

The myth is also

perpetuated by the compensation-

consulting industry, which has its own

(45)      incentives to keep such myths alive.

dinosaure

没人发表意见吗?

susan-susan

Q22. A

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?

是不是应该更倾向于选择作者的一种态度，作者整篇文章对于这种ADVICE都是不支持的态度。不支持一是源于这种MYTH本身，另一个是源于consulting firm本身里的利益驱使。

The myth is also

perpetuated by the compensation-

consulting industry, which has its own

(45)      incentives to keep such myths alive.

  

1. It often fails to bring about the intended changes in companies’ compensation systems. 跟作者的态度吻合


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


3. It tends to result in decreased labor rates but increased labor costs.


4. It leads to changes in companies’ compensation practices that are less visible than changes to work processes would be.


5. It might be different if the consulting firms were less narrowly specialized.     虽然可以从文中找到出处，但是总有种断章取义的感觉。按照E的说法，似乎consulting firms 的业务扩展一下，这种ADVICE就可以达到很理想的状态。其实作者的态度显然不光是consulting firms 的业务情况决定了这个，还有其他诸多的因素。

elite-william

同意susan-susan

elite-william

其实我觉得

although some of these con-

sulting firms have recently broadened

their practices beyond the area of

compensation, their mainstay con-

(50)      tinues to be advising companies on

changing their compensation prac-

tices.  那已经是一个事实结果，是由consultants为了避免

contrary to the interests 造成的。选E的话不是把结果当原因了吗？

我支持A

wennier

支持选A

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=25&ID=60417

以上链接中COCOABEAN MM有详细的解释，和偶的思路完全一致。

cindy2004

以下是引用brie在2004-10-17 10:33:00的发言：
I don't agree with A. It does not fail to bring the "intended changes" but the "intened results".

我想你是把这里的“intended changes”理解为作者所反对的labor rate等同于labor cost的观点下的“intended changes”了

其实，按照作者的态度，他所指的“intended changes”应该是不只是cutting wage, 而应该是能实现improved performance的changes, 所以a是对的

bygone

反对A,因为一个system有新的problems，不表明fail.

xjlv128

A

snowfield

以下是引用cindy2004在2005-9-7 22:58:00的发言：

我想你是把这里的“intended changes”理解为作者所反对的labor rate等同于labor cost的观点下的“intended changes”了

其实，按照作者的态度，他所指的“intended changes”应该是不只是cutting wage, 而应该是能实现improved performance的changes, 所以a是对的

同意这个思路，实际上问题的核心就在于如何理解compensation systems了，如果只是理解为降低劳动成本labor rates，显然A不对。但从何处能看出作者将compensation systems包括improved performance呢？这是A问题的核心！