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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 author is strongly critical of today’s rich capitalists for_____· - A 、not giving necessary assistance to laid-off workers
- B 、maximizing their profits at the expense of workers
- C 、not setting up long-term goals for their companies
- D 、rewarding only those who are considered the fittest
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推斷題。問的是作者因為什么強烈抨擊現(xiàn)在富有的資本家？文章以典型的“古今對比”開篇, 通過回憶過去的優(yōu)良傳統(tǒng)，與現(xiàn)今的資本家信奉的“適者生存”并且將所謂的忠誠僅僅界定在為自己牟私利這點上。原文的第二、三段重點分析了資本家損人利己的“光輝”形象。不難看出，作者正是對資本家們不惜犧牲工人的利益而為自己謀取最大的暴利的鞭撻。所以選Β選項。
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