不同意选E,同意选C。文章中说“
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.
也就是说,这些consulting firms 扩大了营业范围,但主营业务还是(continues to be )advice on changing their compensation practice,反过来也就是说if the consulting firms were less narrowly specialized,这些consulting firms 的建议也是advice on changing their compensation practice,注意文章中用了continues to be,也就是说以前的建议也是这样的,E错。
C对。C的前半段 It tends to result in decreased labor rates没有任何异议,这些consulting firms 做的就是这个事。后半段 but increased labor costs是“suggest”出来的,文章中说,一个公司的labor rates 可以很高,但labor costs 却很低(14-20行),文章又说
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. ;又说:the consultants will continue to have work solving the problems that result from their advice.总之,这些consulting firms 没干什么好事,结果是increased labor costs。
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