- 阅读理解A
题干：Well,nogainwithoutpain,theysay.Butwhataboutpainwithoutgain?EverywhereyougoinAmerica,youheartalesofcorporaterevival.Whatishardertoestablishiswhethertheproductivityrevolutionthatbusinessmenassumetheyarepresidingoverisforreal.Theofficialstatisticsaremildlydiscouraging.Theyshowthat,ifyoulumpmanufacturingandservicestogether,productivityhasgrownonaverageby1.2%since1987.Thatissomewhatfasterthantheaverageduringthepreviousdecade.Andsince1991，productivityhasincreasedbyabout2%ayear,whichismorethantwicethe1978-1987average.Thetroubleisthatpartoftherecentaccelerationisduetotheusualreboundthatoccursatthispointinabusinesscycle,andsoisnotconclusiveevidenceofarevivalintheunderlyingtrend.Thereis,asRobertRubin,thetreasurysecretary,says,a“disjunction”betweenthemassofbusinessanecdotethatpointstoaleapinproductivityandthepicturereflectedbythestatistics.Someofthiscanbeeasilyexplained.Newwaysoforganizingtheworkplace-allthatre-engineeringanddownsizing-areonlyonecontributiontotheoverallproductivityofaneconomy，whichisdrivenbymanyotherfactorssuchasjointinvestmentinequipmentandmachinery，newtechnology,andinvestmentineducationandtraining.Moreover,mostofthechangesthatcompaniesmakeareintendedtokeepthemprofitable,andthisneednotalwaysmeanincreasingproductivity：switchingtonewmarketsorimprovingqualitycanmatterjustasmuch.Twootherexplanationsaremorespeculative.First，someofthebusinessrestructuringofrecentyearsmayhavebeenineptlydone.Second,evenifitwaswelldone,itmayhavespreadmuchlesswidelythanpeoplesuppose.LeonardSchlesinger，aHarvardacademicandformerchiefexecutiveofAuBongPain，arapidlygrowingchainofbakerycafes,saysthatmuch“re-engineering"hasbeencrude.Inmanycases,hebelieves,thelossofrevenuehasbeengreaterthanthereductionsincost.Hiscolleague,MichaelBeer，saysthatfartoomanycompanieshaveappliedre-engineeringinamechanisticfashion，choppingoutcostswithoutgivingsufficientthoughttolong-termprofitability.BBDD’sAlRosenshineisblunter.Hedismissesalotoftheworkofre-engineeringconsultantsasmererubbish-“theworstsortofambulance-chasing”.
题目：The author raises the question “what about pain without gain?” because_____. - A 、he questions the truth of "no gain without pain"
- B 、he does not think the productivity revolution works
- C 、he wonders if the official statistics are misleading
- D 、he has conclusive evidence for the revival of businesses
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
主旨题。本题实际上变相考文章主旨。解答本题的关键在于通过上下文确定pain和gain在文中的含义。第一段后半部分提到，美国到处都在谈论企业复苏现象。但是，商界自认为正在进行的所谓生产力革命究竟是否真实, 这一点却很难确定。可见，pain指的是“生产力革命”，no gain指的是“没有效果”。第三段到第五段也都在围绕“企业生产力革命无效”这个主旨展开分析。因此B选项是正确选项。
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