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題干：Itusedtobethatpeoplewereproudtoworkforthesamecompanyforthewholeoftheirworkinglives.They，dgetagoldwatchattheendoftheirproductiveyearsandadinnerfeaturingspeechesbytheirbossespraisingtheirloyalty.Buttoday’srichcapitalistshaveregressed(倒退）tothe“survivalofthefittest”ideasandtheirloyaltyextendsnottotheirworkersoreventotheirstockholdersbutonlytothemselves.Insteadofgivingoutgoldwatchesworthahundredorsodollarsforfortyorsoyearsofword,theygrabtensandevenhundredsofmillionsofdollarsastheysellfortheirownprofitthecompanytheymayhavebeenwithforonlyafewyears.Thenewrichselfishlyactontheirowntounfairlygrabthewealththatthecountryasawholehasproduced.Thetop1percentofthepopulationnowhaswealthequaltothewholebottom95percentandtheywantmore.Theirselfishnessismostshamelesslyexpressedindownsizingandoutsourcing(將產(chǎn)品包給分公司做）becausethesebusinessmaneuversdon’tacttocreatenewjobsasthefounderofnewindustriesusedtodo,butonlyoutjobswhilekeepingthemoneyvalueofwhatthosejobsproducedforthemselves.Tokeepthemoneymachineworkingsmoothlytherichhaveboughtallthepoliticiansfromthetopdown.ThepresidenthimselfisconstantlyleavingWashingtonandthebusinessatthenationbecauseheissummonedto“fundraisingdinners”wherefatcatspayathousandorsodollarsaplatetowormtheirwayintogovernmentnotthroughservicebutthroughdonationsofvastamountsofmoney.Onceontheinsidetheyhavebothpoliticalpartiesbusilytearingupalltheregulationsthatprotecttherestofusfromthegreedoftherich.Themiddleclassusedtobeloyaltothefreeenterprisesystem.Inthepast,thepeopleofthemiddleclassmostlythoughtthey，dberichthemselvessomedayorhaveagoodshotatbecomingrich.Butnowadaysincomeisbeingdistributedmoreandmoreunevenlyandcorporateloyaltyisathingofthepast.Themiddleclassmayalsowakeuptoforgetitsloyaltytotheso-calledfreeenterprisesystemaltogetherandthegovernmentwhichgovernsonlytherestofuswhilelettingthecorporationsdowhattheypleasewithourjobs.Asthingsstand，ifsomebodydoesn’twakeup，themiddleclassisonapathtobeingdownsizedallthewaytothebottomofsociety.
題目：The immediate consequence of the new capitalists' practice is_____· - A 、loss of corporate reputation
- B 、lower pay for the employees
- C 、a higher rate of unemployment
- D 、a decline in business transactions
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
推斷題。問的是新的資本家們的新的做法的直接后果是什么？根據(jù)“new”首先定位到第二段第一句The new rich selfishly act on… 接下來又進(jìn)一步說明了他們的自私，比如downsizing(裁員）和outsourcing, 直接導(dǎo)致的結(jié)果就是cut our jobs(減少工作），即失業(yè)率攀升。所以選C選項。
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