小安阅读第一篇 讲minority-owned businesses面对risk的，求指教

eliane小小爱

如题，我翻了好几页，没找到关于小安阅读第一篇某题的解释，所以发上来，希望读懂的同学耐心点帮我解答下，万分感谢。
小安81篇中的第一篇 讲minority-owned businesses面对risk的，第四题，
4.The passage suggests that the failure of a large business to have its bids for subcontracts result quickly in orders might cause it to
(A) experience frustration but not serious financial harm
(B) face potentially crippling fixed expenses
(C) have to record its efforts on forms filed with the government
(D) increase its spending with minority subcontractors
(E) revise its procedure for making bids for federal contracts and subcontracts
我定位回原文，since most are small concerns and, unlike large businesses, they often need to make substantial investments in new plants, staff, equipment, and the like in order to perform work subcontracted to them. If, thereafter从那时以后, their subcontracts （转包，分包）are for some reason reduced, such firms can face potentially crippling（造成严重后果的 ）fixed expenses（固定费用），有几点疑惑，红体字they，是就近指代large company吗啊？such firms指代的是 subcontracts reduced的小公司吗？定位准确吗？这题错了两遍。。。求好心人指导。。

teddybearj4

这道题蛮tricky的，我一开始也错选成B了。

先解决你的问题，highlight的they不是指代large companies是指minority companies，包括后面的such firms也是指代minority companies的。这整句话就是在讲“minority companies跟large companies是不一样的，他们是怎么怎么地的。”这个“他们必定是指代minority companies”

但是亲看清题目哦，题目中说的是the failure of a large business，所以B是不对的，因为B的主语应该是minority companies。而把原文的意思取非就是large business的特性了，你也quote了“they need to make substantial investments ”，取非large business就是不会有serious financial harm的。

eliane小小爱

恩，我的错误之处是，分不清楚they 和 such firms指代什么，根据你的解释，对 they often need to make substantial investments in…取非（minority company面临这些问题，而取非后，大公司没有这些问题，所以，选A）错误的关键地方在对they 和such firms的理解上。

太感谢你了！！