The author suggests that which of the followin
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The author suggests that which of the following is a true statement about people who typify the “old style. capitalist" referred to in line 23？
A．They now rely on outdated management techniques.
B．They seldom engaged in short-term trading of the stock they owned.
C．They did not influence the investment policies of the corporations in which they invested.
D．They now play a much smaller role in the stock market as a result of antitrust legislation.
E．They were primarily concerned with maximizing the short-term profitability of the corporations in which they owned stock.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
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正确答案：B
解析：Toanswerthisquestion,youmustuseinformationcontainedinthepassagetoinfersomethingaboutthe“old-style.capitalist”referredtoinline23.ThebestanswerisB.Accordingtolines1-7ofthepassage,theindividualcapitalistsofthepast,referredtolaterinthepassageas“old-style”capitalists(line23),couldnot“selloutforaquickprofit”becausetodosowoulddepressthevalueoftheirstocks.Fromthisstatementitcanbeinferredthatsomeonewhotypifiesthe“old-style.capitalist”wouldbeunlikelytoengageinshort-termstocktrading.ChoiceAisincorrect.Acomparisonbetweentheold-style.capitalistsandtheirmoderncounterpartsismadeinlines36-38,butthepassagedoesnotexpressanopinionaboutwhetherornotthemanagementtechniquesusedbythesecapitalistsareoutdated.ChoiceCisnotthecorrectanswer.Thepassagedoesnotdiscusstheinvestmentpoliciesofthecorporationsinwhichfinancialinstitutionsinvest.ChoiceDisalsoincorrect.Accordingtothepassage(lines1-2;line23),theold-style.capitalistswereindividualinvestors,notlargeinstitutions.Whilethepassagestatsthatlargeinstitutionsareaffectedbyanti-trustlegislation(lines8-12),itsaysnothingaboutwhetherthislegislationaffectsindividualinvestors.Inaddition,thepassagedoesnotmentionanythingabouthowgreataroleindividualinvestorsnowplayinthestockmarket.ChoiceEisalsoincorrect.Thepassagestatesthattheold-style.capitalistsfocusedonlong-termproductivity(lines5-8),andhencenotonshort-termprofitability.
