(Para.3) ①The researchers from Ohio University used a database that covered more than 10, 000 firms and more than 64, 000 different directors between 1989 and 2004. ②Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy statement to the next. ③The most likely reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those “surprise” disappearances by directors under the age of 70. ④They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%. ⑤The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. ⑥The effect tended to be larger for larger firms. ⑦Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship. ⑧Often they “trade up”, leaving riskier, smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.
23. According to the researchers from Ohio University, after an outside director’s surprise departure, the firm is likely to ______.
[A] become more stable
[B] report increased earnings
[C] do less well in the stock market
[D] perform worse in lawsuits
这道题大家结合题干的信息去定位会发现，题干中有很多名词都是可以定位的，但是定位之后发现会定位到多个句子，或者可以说是定位到全段，这个时候具体优先看哪个句子，大家需要一个相对清晰的思路。
方法一：找靠后的句子，因为靠后的句子承接前文，包含的信息会更全面，可以考虑优先去看这个句子。
那我们可以先看第⑧句，会发现选项中原词复现的是A， 之后再仔细比对下选项，会发现原文的结构是leave A for B, 指的是离开有风险性的，更小的公司前往更大，更稳定的公司，而不是选项A中的变得更稳定，所以排除A项，再之后剩余的选项如何排除，那我们可以依次倒序去看剩余的句子。
依次会在这句话中⑤The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse.看到C的信息，但是这个选项大家应该很容易看到选项中是do less well，而原文中是worse, 所以容易看出这个选项的信息和原文是相符的，所以答案呼之欲出。
而D项，会发现它也是在⑤The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse.这句话中，但是是把and 前后的信息拼凑在一起了，所以D项也是要排除的。
结合选项，会看到在④句中会包含选项B的原词，但是这个选项的比对会需要大家理解下长难句④They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%.，这句话中大家可以优先选出宾语从句中的主谓宾信息是什么，会发现宾语从句中其实也嵌套了一个从句，是跟在probability后面的定语从句，定语从句从that开始，到increases结束，所以这句话的主干信息是the probability increases by nearly 20%，分析到这里大家应该可以判断出选项B是不合适的，increased的不是earnings, 这句话大家需要仔细分析下主干信息。
