OG13 第七题 看了OG答案和几个帖子之后还是不懂

dearivy

Line  Ecoefficiency (measures to minimize environmental
        impact through the reduction or elimination of waste
        from production processes) has become a goal for
        companies worldwide, with many realizing significant
(5)   cost savings from such innovations. Peter Senge and
       Goran Carstedt see this development as laudable but
       suggest that simply adopting ecoefficiency
       innovations could actually worsen environmental
       stresses in the future. Such innovations reduce
(10) production waste but do not alter the number of
        products manufactured nor the waste generated
        from their use and discard; indeed, most companies
       invest in ecoefficrency improvements in order to
        increase profits and growth. Moreover, there is no
(15) guarantee that increased economic growth from
       ecoefficiency will come in similarly ecoefficient ways,
       since in today's global markets, greater profits may
       be turned into investment capital that could easily be
      reinvested in old-style eco-inefficient industries. Even
(20) a vastly more ecoefficient industrial system could,
       were it to grow much larger, generate more total
       waste and destroy more habitat and species than
       would a smaller, less ecoefficient economy. Senge
       and Carstedt argue that to preserve the global
(25) environment and sustain economic growth,
       businesses must develop a new systemic approach
       that reduces total material use and total accumulated
       waste. Focusing exclusively on ecoefficiency, which
       offers a compelling business case according to
(30) established thinking, may distract companies from
        pursuing radically different products and business
       models.

7. The passage implies that which of the following is a
possible consequence of a company's adoption of
innovations that increase its ecoefficiency?
(A) Company profits resulting from such innovations
may be reinvested in that company with no
guarantee that the company will continue to
make further improvements in ecoefficiency.
(B) Company growth fostered by cost savings from
such innovations may allow that company to
manufacture a greater number of products that
will be used and discarded, thus worsening
environmental stress.
(C) A company that fails to realize significant cost
savings from such innovations may have little
incentive to continue to minimize the
environmental impact of its production
processes.
(D) A company that comes to depend on such
innovations to increase its profits and growth
may be vulnerable in the global market to
competition from old-style eco-inefficient
industries.
(E) A company that meets its ecoefficiency goals is
unlikely to invest its increased profits in the
development of new and innovative ecoefficiency
measures.
正确答案：B
错选：A
我发现自己两次做都错了这一题，而且都错的A选项。我看过几次OG上的解释，也看了论坛上的几个帖子，感觉还是无法解开我的疑惑。
我觉得A和B都是文章中提到过的内容，为什么A就是错的呢。
OG上对A的解释是：The passage suggests generally that ecoefficiency will increase companies' profits, but there is no suggestion that these companies will therefore then abandon ecoefficiency as a goal.
我也不是很清楚这个答案如何解释A选项。
求大神指导。

gyb192483

我试着说说

以下是问题：

The passage implies that which of the following is a
possible consequence of a company's adoption of
innovations that increase its ecoefficiency?
注意问题问的是，如果公司采用这种方法可能的结果是啥，

文中这句话说 Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt see this development as laudable but suggest that simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could actually worsen environmental stresses in the future. 所以根据这句采用这种方法的结果就是 worsen enviromental stress。 然后这句是具体解释怎么worsen的：Such innovations reduce (10) production waste but do not alter the number of products manufactured nor the waste generated from their use and discard。 根据这两句话就知道B 是对的。
A中描述的也是worsen enviromental stress 这个情况的其中一个原因，但是并未为突出worsen enviromental stress的这个结果。 就是说有几个情况能导致worsen enviromental stress， 一个是 do not alter the number of products manufactured nor the waste generated from their use and discard， 另外一个就是A选项说的赚的钱会投资到 “不ecoefficiency” 的项目。而A中只是在说导致worsen enviromental stress 的这个结果的原因，但其实题目问的是采用这个方法所可能导致的结果，而这个结果就是worsen enviromental stress 。所以A不对
愚见，请参考

gyb192483

http://www.beatthegmat.com/ecoefficiency-t107759.html

也可以看看这个帖子

dearivy

gyb192483 发表于 2013-10-6 00:02
我试着说说

以下是问题：

您的意思是说，这篇文章主旨是在讲ecoefficiency其实是会导致环境污染的，后面是具体可能导致这种结果的几个原因。环境污染是大的方向。因此这道题的答案里首先是要和环境联系起来，然后A选项只是说了中间的一个小点，并没有落脚到最后环境污染上去。是这样吗？我觉得您的想法很有到底诶。谢谢啦！

gyb192483

dearivy 发表于 2013-10-6 11:21
您的意思是说，这篇文章主旨是在讲ecoefficiency其实是会导致环境污染的，后面是具体可能导致这种结果的 ...

不客气！ 我觉得是这样的，不过你总结的更完整。