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  3. The author’s main point is that______ It can be inferred from the passage that the author would characterize the activities eng

The author’s main point is that______ It can be inferred from the passage that the author would characterize the activities eng

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问题 The author’s main point is that______
It can be inferred from the passage that the author would characterize the activities engaged in by early chartered trading companies as being______
选项 A、complex enough in scope to requrie a substantial amount of planning and coordination on the part of management
B、too simple to be considered similar to those of a modern multinational corporation
C、as intricate as those carried out by the largest multinational corporations today
D、often unprofitable due to slow communications and unreliable means of transportation
E、hampered by the political demands imposed on them by the governments of their home countries
答案A
解析 This question asks you to draw an inference about how the author of the passage would describe the activities engaged in by early chartered trading companies. The best answer is A. The first sentence of the second paragraph of the passage outlines the activities of early trading companies. The author then goes on to say that the “large volume of transactions associated with these activities seems to have necessitated hierarchical management structures.” The last two sentences of the second paragraph provide an example of the activity required to manage the work of early chartered trading companies. Thus it can be inferred from the passage that the author would agree that the activities of early chartered trading companies were complex enough to require a high level of planning on the part of management. Both B and C misrepresent the author’s description of the activities engaged in by early chartered trading companies. The author suggests that the activities are fairly complex and in some ways similar to those of a modern multinational corporation, but does not indicate how the activities compare in complexity with those carried out by the largest multinational corporations today. Choice D is incorrect: lines 18-24 of the passage indicate that early chartered trading companies were successful. Choice E is incorrect: although the author of the passage indicates that early chartered trading companies depended heavily on their national governments, the author does not suggest that such companies were hampered by their governments’ political demands.
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