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新东方网 GMAT 频道(gmat.xdf.cn) GMAT阅读“Ecoefficiency”文章深度分析 北京新东方学校 北美部GMAT项目组 李昊 周帆 阅读建议： 1） 建议读者先按自己的节奏阅读文章并做完题目，再看文章分析及题目讲解。 文章及题目： Line Ecoefficiency (measures to minimize environmental impact through the reduction or through elimination of waste from production processes) has become a goal for companies worldwide, with many (5) realizing significant cost savings from such innovations. Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt see this development as laudable but suggest that simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could actually worsen environmental stresses in the future. (10) Such innovations reduce production waste but do not alter the number of products manufactured nor the waste generated from their use and discard; indeed, most companies invest in ecoefficiency improvements in order to increase profits and (15) growth. Moreover, there is no guarantee that increased economic growth from ecoefficiency will come in similarly ecoefficient ways, since in today’s global markets, greater profits may be turned into investment capital that could easily be reinvested in (20) old-style eco-inefficient industries. Even a vastly more ecoefficient industrial system could, were it to grow much larger, generate more total waste and destroy more habitat and species than would a smaller, less ecoefficient economy. Senge and