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新GRE阅读考察的方面很多，考生除了拥有大量的词汇以外，还需能够迅速了解出题者的意图。新GRE考试主要考察的是学生的逻辑理解能力和推理能力，大量的练习，相信会给考生带来不同的收获，请看下面的新GRE阅读短文练习。 Factory workers in Beltania are guaranteed lifetime jobs, bonuses paid on thebasis of productivity and corporate profits, and a wage rate that is not attachedto a particular job. Paradoxically, these guarantees do not discourage factoryowners from introducing labor-saving machinery. Such innovations are to theactory owners advantage despite the fact that the owners must protect thewages of their workers. A Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the introduction of labor-saving machinery is advantageous to factory owners? B Before a Beltanian factory worker is hired, he or she must present a recordof his or her previous productivity. C Labor-saving machinery increases productivity, thus yielding profits thatmore than cover the cost of retraining workers for other jobs. D The purchase and maintenance of new machinery adds significantly to thefinal cost of the goods produced. E Factory workers demand a change of procedure in the routine tasks they perform. Limited competition exists among Beltanian factories for consumer markets. | 
