Many people believe that because wages are lower in developing countries than in developed countries, competition from developing countries in goods traded internationally will soon eliminate large numbers of jobs in developed countries. Currently, developed countries' advanced technology results in higher productivity, which accounts for their higher wages. Advanced technology is being transferred ever more speedily across borders, but even with the latest technology, productivity and wages in developing countries will remain lower than in developed countries for many years because developed countries have better infrastructure and better-educated workers. When productivity in a developing country does catch up, experience suggests that wages there will rise. Some individual firms in developing countries have raised their productivity but kept their wages (which are influenced by average productivity in the country's economy) low. However, in a developing country's economy as a whole, productivity improvements in goods traded internationally are likely to cause an increase in wages. Furthermore, if wages are not allowed to rise, the value of the country's currency will appreciate, which (from the developed countries' point of view) is the equivalent of increased wages in the developing country. And although in the past a few countries have deliberately kept their currencies undervalued, that is now much harder to do in a world where capital moves more freely.
The passage suggests that which of the following would best explain why, in a developing country, some firms that have raised their productivity continue to pay low wages?
关键词some firms that have raised their productivity continue to pay low wages
定位到Some individual firms in developing countries have raised their productivity but kept their wages (which are influenced by average productivity in the country's economy) low. 意思是这个国家整体的平均productivity水平是这几个firm productivity高 但是wage低的原因
选项A latest technology.未提及
选项B labor unions文章未提及
选项C 回文内容未提及,而且wage会受productivity improvements in goods traded internationally.的影响,wage会上升
选项D 正确,即是回文这句的括号部分
选项E education level回文部分未提及
括号里面的内容在第一遍阅读的时候可以不看, 定位到细节的时候一定要看
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