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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：According to the author, the American economic situation is_____. - A 、not as good as it seems
- B 、at its turning point
- C 、much better than it seems
- D 、near to complete recovery
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主旨题。文章前两段介绍了美国的经济形势。第一段指出，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，作者对美国表现出来的经济复苏的形势持怀疑态度。第二段接着指出，官方的统计数字也并不怎么乐观。近年发生的生产力快速增长现象部分是由于经济周期到了这时候通常会出现的反弹造成的，因而它不是经济复苏已经是潜在趋势的确凿证据。因此可以看出，Α选项是对美国经济形势最好的概括。
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