2022-02-03来源：海文考研
1、The average time for holding a stock in both the United States and Britain, he notes, has dropped from seven years to seven months in recent decades. Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty. This has been dubbed "quarterly capitalism".（节选自2019年考研英语一Text 1）
【题目】
It is argued that the influence of transient investment on public companies can be___.
[A].indirect
[B].adverse
[C].minimal
[D].temporary
【解析】根据题脉一般为文脉，及题干关键词“transient investment”定位第三段第二句，“Transient investors，.…can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty”（短暂投资者可能会阻碍一个公司投资长期研究胡建立客户忠诚度。）对比四个选项，只有[B]项adverse（不利的）与原文保持一致，故为正确选项。
2、In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short -termism."In its latest survey of CEO pay, the Wall Street Journal finds that "a substantial part"of executive pay is now tied to performance.
Much more could be done to encourage "long-termism", such as changes in the tax code and quicker disclosure of stock acquisitions. In France, shareholders who hold onto a company investment for at least two years can sometimes earn more voting rights in a company.（节选自2019年考研英语一Text 1）
【题目】
The US and France examples and used to illustrate___.
[A].the obstacles to preventing "short-termism"
[B].the significance of long-term thinking
[C].the approaches to promoting "long-termism"
[D].the prevalence of short-term thinking
【解析】根据题干关键词“The US and France”定位到第五、六段，第五段为美国的例子，第六段为法国的例子，第五段中美国延迟发放才上任一年左右的高管绩效津贴，继而促进缓解短期主义”盛行的现状；第六段首句承前启后讲到“Much more could be done to encourage ‘long-termism”（为了鼓励“长期主义”，还有很多工作要做）。第六段在法国持股两年以上者拥有更大的选票权。[C]项The approaches to promoting “Long-termism”（促进“长期主义”的方法），综合概括了两段，与原文一致，故为正确选项。
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