直接细节题：The most likely cause for the rejection of continental drift—a cause that has been largely ignored because we consider Wegener's theory to have been validated by the theory of plate tectonics—is the nature of the evidence that was put forward to support it.

nature 性质

To most geologists today, Wegener's The Origin of Continents and Oceans appears an impressive and prescient document, containing several of the essential presumptions underlying plate tectonics theory.
态度：impressive, prescient adj. 先知的。choice a, 同意改写: prescient= ahead of time
被reject的是 Wegener's continental drift，而对于The Origin of Continents and Oceans 是抱持正态度的

没有仔细读e选项
They are not based primarily on the mapmakers' firsthand observations of Native American lands.
注意读关键词reconstructions

直接细节题：问采取harvest strategy和采取build strategy 的公司区别是什么？
choice e, 在构思strategic plans的时候有多大的可能会采用decision-sharing。 irrelevant to the differences between them

In particular, top management decision-sharing—consensus-oriented, team-based decision-making—may increase the likelihood that firms will adhere to their plans
choice c同意改写: less likely to deviate = increase the likelihood that will adhere to plans

脑子一浆糊以为 sloth 是 丝绸 的意思，我怕不是疯了...

句子作用题: typically all a manager has to do [when implementing a harvest strategy] is that which was done last year.在文中的作用是解释前一句的 managers in harvest strategy scenarios were more able to adhere to their business plans

以下公司最有可能adhere to plans的是：结合P1和P2的结论- 具备1）harvest strategy，2）且经过top management decision-making process的公司最有可能

句子作用题: However, the relationship between top management decision sharing and adherence to plans may be affected by a strategic mission。- 主旨句
其实是对P1的conclusion: top management decision-making process帮助公司adhere to goals, 进一步的限定说明，即top management decision-making process帮助 harvest strategy的公司更好得stick to goals
choice d, qualify the assertion in the first paragraph. correct

sb provide sth to do 是双宾语，因此 provide和to do的主语都是 sb
sb provide sth for doing, for doing 做provide的状语，动作发出着不一定是sb

绝了 我看成 2006 ounce 花了10min在这道题还错了....

The confusion of costs with rates persists partly because labor rates are a convenient target for managers who want to make an impact on their company's budgets.

high labor rates are not equivalent to high labor costs. 一个公司即便有着high labor rates，但还是有可能拥有low labor costs

主旨题：全文都在讲managers所坚持认为的myth：labor rates= labor costs， 并且这个myth的来源

B错在 about 20% of ………………profitable customers are likely to be
意思是最赚钱的客户里的20% 相当于 20%中的20% 就是5%了
并没有说哈朋友

The myth that labor rates and labor costs are equivalent is supported by business journalists, who frequently confound the two-> 说明了这个myth的来源

Studies have demonstrated that only about 10 percent of buyers for many types of frequently purchased consumer goods are 100 percent loyal to a particular brand over a one-year period. Moreover, 100-percent-loyal buyers tend to be light buyers of the product or service.
1）只有10%的消费者在一年之内是100%忠实的顾客；2）忠实顾客倾向于是light buyers

P2的作用是针对advocates of loyalty programs提出的支持program的contention继续进行反驳， 而不是描述program会有的一些风险

"80/20" principle, which states that about 80 percent of revenue typically comes from only about 20 percent of customers.