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題干：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”.
題目：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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主旨題。本題實(shí)際上變相考文章主旨。解答本題的關(guān)鍵在于通過上下文確定pain和gain在文中的含義。第一段后半部分提到，美國(guó)到處都在談?wù)撈髽I(yè)復(fù)蘇現(xiàn)象。但是，商界自認(rèn)為正在進(jìn)行的所謂生產(chǎn)力革命究竟是否真實(shí), 這一點(diǎn)卻很難確定?？梢姡琾ain指的是“生產(chǎn)力革命”，no gain指的是“沒有效果”。第三段到第五段也都在圍繞“企業(yè)生產(chǎn)力革命無效”這個(gè)主旨展開分析。因此B選項(xiàng)是正確選項(xiàng)。
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