The passage suggests that one of the reasons t
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The passage suggests that one of the reasons that early chartered trading companies deserve comparison with early modern multinationals is______
A．the degree to which they both depended on new technology
B．the similar nature of their management structures
C．similarities in their top managemnts’ degree of ownership in the company
D．their common dependence on polical stability abroad in order to carry on foreign operations
E．their common tendency to revolutionize systems of production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：Thisquestionasksyoutodrawaninferencefrominformationpresentedinthepassageaboutwhyearlycharteredtradingcompaniesdeservecomparisonwithmodernmultinationals.ThecorrectanswerisB.Lines1-5ofthepassageindicatethatmodernmultinationalsoriginatedwhen“teamsofsalariedmanagersorganizedintohierarchies”replacedowner-managersofnineteenth-centuryBritishfirms,suggestingthathierarchicalmanagementstructuresareatypicalfeatureofmodernmultinationals.Inlines24-27,thepassageindicatesthatearlycharteredtradingcompanieshadhierarchicalmanagementstructuresalso.Thepassageimpliesthatsimilarityoforganizationisoneofthereasonswhyearlycharteredtradingcompanies“meritfurtherstudyasanaloguesofmoremodernstructures”(lines48-49).ChoicesA,D,andEcanbeeliminatedbecausethepassagedoesnotindicatethedegreeofdependenceontechnologyordiscussthetendencytorevolutionizeproductionsystemsofeitherearlytradingcompaniesormodernmultination,nordoesitsuggestthateitherkindofcompanyreliedonpoliticalstability.ChoiceCisincorrect.Lines40-43ofthepassageindicatethattopmanagersinearlytradingcompaniesownedasubstantialminorityshareoftheircompanies,whereasseniormanagersinmodernmultinationalsownlittleifanyoftheircompanies.
