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Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in

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问题     Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in their syllabuses of study. They often do not realize that, later in their careers, they may be tempted to bend their principles to get what they want; perhaps also they are not fully aware that bribery in various forms is on the increase in many countries.
    In dealing with the topic of business ethics, some lecturers ask students how they would act in the following situation: Suppose you were head of a major soft-drinks company and you want to break into a certain overseas market where the growth potential for your company is likely to be very great indeed. During negotiations with government officials of this country, the Minister of Trade makes it clear to you that if you offer him a substantial bribe, you will find it much easier to get an import licence for your goods, and you are also likely to avoid "bureaucratic delays", as he puts it. Now, the question is: Do you pay up or stand by your principles?
    It is easy to talk about having high moral standards but, in practice, what would one really do in such a situation? Some time ago the British car manufacturer, British Leyland, was accused of operating a "slush fund", and of questionable practices such as paying agents and purchasers with padded commission, offering additional discounts and making payments to numbered bank accounts in Switzerland. The company rejected these allegations and they were later withdrawn. Nevertheless, at this time, there were people in the motor industry in Britain who were prepared to say in private, "Look, we’re in a wheeling-dealing business. Every year we’re selling more than 1,000 million worth of cars abroad. If we spend a few million greasing the palms of some of the buyers, who’s hurt? If we didn’t do it, someone else would. "
    It is difficult to resist the impression that bribery and other questionable payments are on the increase. Indeed, they seem to have become a fact of commercial life. To take just one example, the Chrysler Corporation, third largest of the U. S. motor manufacturers, disclosed that it made questionable payments of more than $2. 5 million. By making this revelation, it joined more than 300 U. S. companies that had admitted to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they had made dubious payments.
The lectures on business ethics surprised students because
选项 A、they are unaware of their later potential violation of the rules.
B、the forms of bribery are on the increase in many countries.
C、they do not know how to act to entertain the officials in other countries.
D、it is hard to avoid bureaucratic delays without such lectures.
答案A
解析 商业道德方面的讲座使学生们非常惊讶，原因是[A]他们没有意识到自己将来有违背原则的可能。[B]在很多国家贿赂的形式正变得多种多样。[C]他们不知道如何才能取悦其他国家的官员。[D]如果没有这样的讲座，“因官僚主义而延误”的现象将很难避免。文章开头说选修商业课程的学生会多少有些惊讶地发现在他们所学的课程中，还有关于商业道德的讲座。然后作者在本段中解释原因，一是他们没有意识到在今后的工作中会丧失原则，二是各种形式的贿赂在增加。[A]符合第一点的论述，所以正确。[B]错在原文中on the increase的主语是bribery，而不是forms，语意上两者也有区别，原文是说贿赂事件在增加，而[B]的意思却是贿赂的形式在增加；[C]的内容文章并未提及．[D]把bureaucratic delays和lecture这两个在原文中毫无关系的现象拼在一起，干扰考生。
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