Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000: a year later she became president of Browww.100ksw.com’s board. Having made their www.100ksw.comore than 10,000 firms and more than 64,000 different directors betwww.100ksw.company www.100ksw.comake compromises
　　[D]leaving the board in tough times
　　2. www.100ksw.come more stable
　　[B]report increased earnings
　　[C]do less well in the stock market
　　[D]perform worse in lawsuits
　　4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors .
　　[A]may stay for the attractive offers from the firm
　　[B]have often had records of wrongdoings in the firm
　　[C]are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm
　　[D]will decline incentives from the firm
　　5. The author’s attitude toward the role of outside directors is .
　　[A]permissive
　　[B]positive
　　[C]scornful
　　[D]critical
　　 参考答案
　　1．A。细节题：原文第1段，倒数第3行的how could…?直接提到了bonus payouts 就是说 profits。
　　2．C。细节题：原文中出现outside directors有几处，helpful but less biased advisor，但是B选项用的是executive, 拼凑答an，D 选项也是一样。最后一句 weathered their own crises对应forecasters。
　　3．C。细节题：原文是若干个并列，stock is likely to perform worse对应答an， 迷惑选项是B，但是主语不一致20%是probability不是earnings。
　　4．A。推理题：原文对应firms who want to …..说想留住outside director就是增加incentive。
　　5．B。态度题：文章各个段落都说outside director的方面。因此是positive。