新GRE閱讀短文 1

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新GRE閱讀考察的方面很多,考生除了擁有大量的詞匯以外,還需能夠迅速了解出題者的意圖。新GRE考試主要考察的是學(xué)生的邏輯理解能力和推理能力,大量的練習(xí),相信會(huì)給考生帶來不同的收獲,請(qǐng)看下面的新GRE閱讀短文練習(xí)。
    Factory workers in Beltania are guaranteed lifetime jobs, bonuses paid on thebasis of productivity and corporate profits, and a wage rate that is not attachedto a particular job. Paradoxically, these guarantees do not discourage factoryowners from introducing labor-saving machinery. Such innovations are to theactory owners' advantage despite the fact that the owners must protect thewages of their workers.
    A Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the introduction of labor-saving machinery is advantageous to factory owners?
    B Before a Beltanian factory worker is hired, he or she must present a recordof his or her previous productivity.
    C Labor-saving machinery increases productivity, thus yielding profits thatmore than cover the cost of retraining workers for other jobs.
    D The purchase and maintenance of new machinery adds significantly to thefinal cost of the goods produced.
    E Factory workers demand a change of procedure in the routine tasks they perform.
    Limited competition exists among Beltanian factories for consumer markets.
    答案:B
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