- 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 quotes the proverb in the first paragraph in order to_____· - A 、depict the pain the public suffered from
- B 、describe corporate revival
- C 、support the productivity revolution businessmen were presiding over
- D 、introduce the topic under discussion
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参考答案【正确答案：D】
引证题。通过引言或举油来引出所要讨论的话题是阅读文章中比较常见的开头形式。本文开头使用谚语作为引子，是为了引出下文所要讨论的主题，即美国生产力革命并没有改善经济状况。因此D选项为正确答案。
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