解题思路:通过题干定位到原文第一段。考察的是Ms. Simmons被批判的原因。首段第三句指出But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman’s compensation committee,当中的was under fire for 对应题干的was criticized for,之后继续提出how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked(她怎么能够发放如此巨额的奖金而不引起人们的关注呢?)。这部分内容并没有直接对应出正确选项,但是其言下之意是她做的事情与其职位(管理薪酬的人)是不相符合的,因此选项B是正确的。
干扰排除:选项A对应原文的let those enormous bonus payouts pass,但是原文并未指出她自己拿走了这部分的奖金,因此A是不符合文意的,属于过度推论可排除。选项C的compromises在首段中并没有提到,属于无中生有的选项可以直接排除。选项D的leaving the board在文中却有提到,但是这应该是受到批评后的结果,而不是先离开董事会后被批评,所以D也可以排除。
22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be .
[A]generous investors
[B]unbiased executives
[C]share price forecasters
[D]independent advisers
试题类型:事实信息题
解题思路:通过题干定位到原文第二段,题干考察的是独立董事应该是哪一种类。原文第二段首句就提出Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful,yet less biased,advisers on a firm’s board(他们应该是起到帮助且偏见要更少)。第二句接着指出Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere(早就在其他地方攒的盆满钵满名声在外),they