It can be inferred that the author makes which
问题详情
It can be inferred that the author makes which of the following assumptions about the businesses once controlled by individual capitalists？
A．These businesses were less profitable than are businesses today.
B．Improving long-term productivity led to increased profits.
C．Each business had only a few stockholders.
D．There was no short-term trading in the stock of these businesses.
E．Institutions owned no stock in these companies.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：B
解析：Thisquestionasksyoutoinfer,frominformationstatedinthepassage,whattheauthorassumesaboutthecompaniesoncecontrolledbyindividualcapitalists.ThebestanswerisB.Inliens5-8,theauthorassertsthatindividualcapitalists“hadtoconcentrateonimprovingthelong-termproductivityoftheircompanies.”Then,inlines20-21,theauthoridentifiesimprovedlong-termprofitabilityasaconsequenceofimprovedlong-termproductivity.Fromthisitcanbeinferredthattheauthorassumesthatifthebusinessescontrolledbyindividualcapitalistshadimprovedlong-termproductivity,theywouldalsohavebecomemoreprofitable.ChoiceAisnotcorrect.Theauthordoesnotmakeanydirectcomparisonbetweentheprofitabilityofpastandpresentcorporations.ChoiceCisnotthecorrectanswer.Thefirstsentenceofthepassagestatesthatmostlargecorporationswereoncedominatedbyindividualcapitalistswhoownedlargeportionsofthecompanies’stock,butthepassagedoesnotspecifywhethermanyorfewpeopleownedtheremainderofeachcompany’sstock.ChoiceDisincorrect.Inlines4-6,thepassagestatesthattheindividualcapitalistswhooncedominatedlargecorporations“couldnotselloutforaquickprofits,”butthepassagedoesnotindicatewhetherornottheothershareholdersofthesecorporationswereinvolvedinshort-termtradingoftheirstock.ChoiceEisnotcorrect.Thepassagedoesnotsuggestthatintuitionsownednostockinmostlargecorporations,onlythatindividualcapitalistownedenoughstocktodominatethesecorporations.
