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BiteGmat

Q36

The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following

statements about productivity improvements in United States service companies?

A. Such improvements would be largely attributable to efficiencies resulting from

corporate takeovers.

B. Such improvements would depend more on wise implementation of technology

than on mangers’ choice of skilled workers.

C. Such improvements would be more easily accomplished if there were fewer

governmental regulations of the service sector.

D. Such improvements would require companies to invest heavily in the

development of new technologies.

E. Such improvements would be attributable primarily to companies’ facing global

competitive pressure.

Answer: C
then why not "D", at the beginnig of 2nd paragraph, it's said

Yet another explanation blames
the federal budget deficit: if it were
lower, interest rates would be lower
(60) too, thereby increasing investment
in the development of new technol-
ogies, which would spur productivity
growth in the service sector.

同问！

Maggiewjy

注意：L65，there is ,however no dearth of technological resources. （dearth---缺少。）rather,....楼上看清楚此处的转折，也就是说作者同意的是rather 后面的说法。不是前面的哦！！！这是我的理解。请指教！！

华籍美人

33题，我觉得答案应该是C!原文没有提到interest rate会对manufacturing productivity的影响不代表不会产生影响阿！

而C说productivity improvements are concentrated in gains in quality. 原文说traditional measurements fail to reflect the service-sector productivity 是因为service-sector has been concentrated in improved quality of services.

C不正好否定了这种观点，说manufacturing sector也是focus on quality么？

anni515

怎么没有人问34题呢？

我选的B。A－文中没有说often be exaggerated,只是often for political reasons。我认为限定词often不对

        B－L51：in fact,while some manufacturing jobs have been lost due to foreign competition, many more ××because of slow growth in demand

crystalno_1

以下是引用anni515在2005-7-12 16:29:00的发言：

怎么没有人问34题呢？

我选的B。A－文中没有说often be exaggerated,只是often for political reasons。我认为限定词often不对

        B－L51：in fact,while some manufacturing jobs have been lost due to foreign competition, many more ××because of slow growth in demand

同问，偶也选B，怎么都没有人有疑问呢？

babypace

However, the pressure on

manufacturing workers in the United

States to work more efficiently has

(50)                                          generally been overstated, often

for political reasons.

标记部分和A是一个意思。

sammaijgd

还有几天就考试了,做这篇文章还是能错两个,上火啊

Jackie2005

Could someone post the question 34? I do not have it.

Thanks a lot!!!

ayang1017

说实话，我依然对33题很不理解，选了两遍都没选对啊～～求助～～

amacd

以下是引用ayang1017在2005-10-3 21:07:00的发言：

说实话，我依然对33题很不理解，选了两遍都没选对啊～～求助～～

ding, me too~

#33,

which of the following, if true, would most weaken the budget-deficit explanation for the discrepancy mentioned in line 27?

A. Research shows that the federal budge deficit has traditionally caused service companies to invest less money in research and development of new technologies.

B. New technologies have been shown to play a significant role in companies that have been able to increase their service productivity.

C in both the service sector and manufacturing, productivity improvements are concertrated in gains in quality

D The service sector typically requires larger investments in new technology in order to maintain productivity growth than dose manufacturing

E High interest rates tend to slow the growth of manufacturing productivity as much as they slow the growth of service-sector productivity in the United States.

type so many..answers are  so long....

The answer is E,

(my understanding of this question) the budge-deficit blames the high interest rate, and the companies cannot invest..

How does this idea connect to E, and hence E can weaken the statement?