英吉GMAT题目讲解(3)

The experience of British business
in Iran between the 1860’s and the
1970’s is one example of the changing
Line importance of British enterprise in Asia
(5) as a whole. Before 1914 British busi-
ness established and dominated Iran’s
modern industrial and financial sector;
in the 1920’s this domination began to
wane; by the 1960’s British enterprise
(10) was of little importance in the Iranian
economy. While in Japan and India the
decline of British business was primarily
a function of the rise of strong indige-
nous business groups, in Iran, by
(15) contrast, the government played a
large role in both challenging British
commercial interests and stimulating
locally owned enterprise. Periodic
surges of intense Iranian economic
(20) nationalism must be understood partly
as a reaction to the close relations
between British business in Iran and
the British government. In retrospect,
it is possible to see the uneasy and
(25) ambiguous nature of this relationship.
It is true that the British Imperial Bank
in Iran was never entirely a tool of the
British government, and that the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company did not take its
(30) orders from the British government,
despite the 51 percent government
shareholding. However, the relationship
between British business and the British
government was sufficiently close that
(35) many Iranians understandably viewed
the oil company and the bank as sym-
bols of a British imperialist policy.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q35: D
The primary purpose of the passage is to
evaluate a country’s solution to a problem
describe differing perceptions of a historical event
contrast historical events in two countries
provide an explanation for a historical phenomenon
challenge an accepted explanation for a historical change
Answer:
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Q36: C
The passage suggests which of the following about British business in Japan and In dia as compared to British business in Iran?
British business in Japan and India received less support from the British governme nt than did British business in Iran.
During the early twentieth century, British business played less of a role in the Japa nese and Indian economy than it did in the Iranian economy.
The governments of Japan and India played less of a role in the changing status of British business than did the government of Iran.
The types of enterprises conducted by the British in Japan and India were significan tly different from the enterprises conducted by the British in Iran.
British business in Japan and India declined more gradually than did British business in Iran.
Answer:
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Q37:E
The author of the passage mentions the British government’s shares in the Anglo-Ir anian Oil Company most probably in order to
demonstrate the British enterprise in Iran was controlled by the British government contrast British-run businesses in Iran with Iranian-run businesses in Iran
show how joint British and Iranian enterprises were encouraged by the British gover nment
illustrate a point about the financial difficulties faced by British businesses in Asia suggest a reason for Iranians’ perception of the role British government played in B ritish business
文章分析：文章开头说原来英国企业在亚洲作威作福，现在不行了，后面用了一大堆理由来分析这些企业统治地位消失的原因。

文章就此结束。

35 A 一个国家对一个问题的解决方案（没说一个解决方案，干掉）
B 描述对一个历史时间不同的观点（也没有说不同的观点，也可以干掉）
C 对比了两个国家的历史事件（没说，干掉）
D 提出了一个对历史现象的解释（说的很像佛，先放着）
E 驳斥了一个对于历史变化的解释（文章中没有出现驳斥态度，可以干掉）
36 根据题干中的日本和印度，我们可以定位到文章的11行左右，问的是如何把两个不同地方的企业进行对比的，我们把定位句读一下：在日本和印度，英国的企业之所以完蛋是因为一些indigenous business group，而在iran，好像是当地政府在起作用。

A 说英国政府支持哪个地方的企业更多（不是英国的政府，是当地政府，干掉）
B 也是说英国的政府，和A错的原因类似
C 说的是当地政府，先留着
D 两种企业不太一样（原文没说过这意思，干掉）
E 两种企业那种下降的更gradual（胡扯的答案）选c
37 文章引用Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 的目的？这个例子出现在29行，这个例子本身说这个企业不是受英国政府控制的，但人家问的不是例子本身，而是例子的目的，目的强调的显然是however后面，它所强调的是很多当地人就会把英国企业当成政府。

看看哪个选项和however后面的内容相关，只有E。