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1、7.4PracticeQuestionsEachofthereadingcomprehensionquestionsisbasedonthecontentofapassage.Afterreadingthepassageanswerallquestionspertainingtoitonthebasisofwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassage.Foreachquestion,selectthebestanswerofthechoicesgiven.Line2Ecoefficiency(meas

2、urestominimizeenvironmentalimpactthroughthereductionoreliminationofwastefromproductionprocesses)hasbecomeagoalforcompaniesworldwide,withmanyrealizingsignificant(5)costsavingsfromsuchinnovations.PeterSengeandGoranCarstedtseethisdevelopmentaslaudablebutsuggestthatsi

3、mplyadoptingecoefficiencyinnovationscouldactuallyworsenenvironmentalstressesinthefuture.Suchinnovationsreduce(10)productionwastebutdonotalterthenumberofproductsmanufacturednorthewastegeneratedfromtheiruseanddiscard;indeed,mostcompaniesinvestinecoefficiencyimprovem

4、entsinordertoincreaseprofitsandgrowth.Moreover,thereisno(15)guaranteethatincreasedeconomicgrowthfromecoefficiencywillcomeinsimilarlyecoefficientways,sinceintoday'sglobalmarkets,greaterprofitsmaybeturnedintoinvestmentcapitalthatcouldeasilybereinvestedinold-styleeco

5、-inefficientindustries.Even(20)avastlymoreecoefficientindustrialsystemcould,wereittogrowmuchlarger,generatemoretotalwasteanddestroymorehabitatandspeciesthanwouldasmaller,lessecoefficienteconomy.SengeandCarstedtarguethattopreservetheglobal(25)environmentandsustaine

6、conomicgrowth,businessesmustdevelopanewsystemicapproachthatreducestotalmaterialuseandtotalaccumulatedwaste.Focusingexclusivelyonecoefficiency,whichoffersacompellingbusinesscaseaccordingto(30)establishedthinking,maydistractcompaniesfrompursuingradicallydifferentpro

7、ductsandbusinessmodels.Questions1-3refertothepassageabove.1.Theprimarypurposeofthepassageisto(A)explainwhyaparticularbusinessstrategyhasbeenlesssuccessfulthanwasonceanticipated(B)proposeanalternativetoaparticularbusinessstrategythathasinadvertentlycausedecological

8、damage(C)presentaconcernaboutthepossibleconsequencesofpursuingaparticularbusinessstrategy(D)makeacaseforapplyingaparticularbusinessstrategyonalargerscal