没有提及，属于无中生有选项可以直接排除，选项D中的incentives对应本段倒数第二句。但是原文是说公司要留住独董就要拿出incentives，而不是他们会像公司索要incentives，所以选项D也可以排除。
25. The author’s attitude toward the role of outside directors is .
[A]permissive
[B]positive
[C]scornful
[D]critical
试题类型：作者态度题
解题思路：上一题已经考察文章最后一段，所以此题其实考察的是文章的主旨。全文通过独董Ms. Simmons离开公司的例子，对于独董对公司的作用展开
讨论。作者在第二段首句已经提出独董是有帮助的而且偏见少的，又在第三段提出一旦独董离开公司将会造成很多不利影响，说明作者认为独董对于公司是很重
要的，因此选项B是正确的。
干扰排除：C和D明确为贬义，与作者观点矛盾可以直接排除。选项A（宽大的，许可的）容易造成混淆，但是作者本身不是许可独董的存在，而是确实认为独董对公式是有帮助的，所以A也可以排除。
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Whatever happened to the death of newspaper？A year ago the end seemed near. The recession threatened to remove the advertising and readers that had not already fled to the internet. Newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle were chronicling their own doom. America’s Federal Trade commission launched a round of talks about how to save newspapers. Should they become charitable corporations？Should the state subsidize them ？It will hold another meeting soon. But the discussions now seem out of date.