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The 19th-century British Aristocracy The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in th
The 19th-century British Aristocracy The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in th
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The 19th-century British Aristocracy
The British aristocracy had always been involved in industrialization, especially in the development of mining, canals, and railways. It now shrewdly associated itself with the new wave of commercial expansion: most banks and insurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial board. It also shored up its fortunes by astute marriages, notably with the new aristocracy of wealth in the United States; the best-known example was the marriage of the duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vanderbilt. By these means, many of the great aristocratic estates were preserved despite agricultural decline. But they were playthings as well as engines of wealth, and came to be treated as such. The aristocracy came to be known to the urban population chiefly through their representation in the popular press and magazines as men and women of leisure: racing, hunting, shooting, and fishing in the country, gambling and attending the season in London. In a population for which leisure was becoming increasingly important, this did not make the aristocracy unpopular.
In the second sentence of this passage, "had a lord to add tone to the managerial board" means that____.
选项
A、the banks and insurance companies would hire a lord on the board to give advice to their management
B、having lords involved in the management gave the banks or companies a very good public image
C、lords worked for the banks and insurance companies to bring in more profits
D、it had become a fashion to have a lord on the managerial board of a bank or a company
答案
B
解析
题目问:邀请一位贵族加入到董事会意味着什么。通过阅读文章可知,在资本主义经济的发展过程中,旧贵族与新兴资本家密切结合,互相利用,新兴资本家利用旧贵族的身份来为自己的公司装点门面。文章第二句话“It now shrewdly associated itself with the new wave of commercial expansion:most banks and insurance companies had a lord to add tone to the managerial board.”此句话表明了这一现象,所以,答案是B。
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