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Question 52-56

52. D. Its negative effects have long been neglected.

53. A. Goals with financial rewards have strong motivational power.

54. B. They resorted to unethical practice to meet their sales quota.

55. B. Its conclusion is not based on solid scientific evidence.

56. B. The link between goal-setting and harmful behavior deserves further study.

【解析】：

本文出自，原文題目為The dark side of goal-setting。 這篇文章有一定難度，尤其是作者的態(tài)度一定要把握好。作者并未全盤否定目標制定，而是說一定要制定切合實際的目標，以保證建設性推進計劃，避免不道德行為傷害到計劃的實施，因此這方面的研究值得繼續(xù)推進下去，給大家更好的指導。

Question 57-61

57. D) Free market plus government intervention.
58. B) Government regulation hinders economic development.
59. B) Effective measures adopted by the government.
60. D) They give up the idea of smaller government and less regulation.
61. D) Excessive borrowing.

點評：
文章改編自新聞網站The Daily Beast的文章Asian Wisdom，主題是“那些過度負債、經濟增長緩慢的西方國家能從經濟繁榮的亞洲學到什么東西”。作者認為美國和歐洲都受制于自己的意識形態(tài)，并指出一些明智的聯邦政府措施就可以使美國重新走上正確的道路；歐洲的問題在于不斷增加的債務，必須從根本上尋找解決之道。
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