Am I suggesting that we should return to the preindustrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century "free enterprise" capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities-those of love and of reason-are the aims of all social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.

　　36. By "a well-oiled cog in the machinery" the author intends to render the idea that man is

　　[A] a necessary part of the society though each individual’s function is negligible

　　[B] working in complete harmony with the rest of the society

　　[C] an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society, though functioning smoothly

　　[D]. a humble component of the society, especially when working smoothly

　　[答案] C

　　[解题思路]

　　本题可以采用排除法。题干的引文出现在文章的第一句话“In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic (官僚主义的) management in which man becomes a small , well-oiled cog in the machinery”，此外，该段第二句话的后半句进一步指出“yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he is bored with it”(然而，这种润滑并未改变这样一个事实：人已变得无能为力，不再全心全意投入到工作，并对工作感到厌烦)。首先，A选项的“individual’s function is negligible”在原文没有提到，B的“complete harmony”与第三句话的基调不符合。D选项“humble”这个词在文章中没有体现出来，因此也可以排除。而C选项与原句“总的来说，我们的社会正在变成一个由官僚主义管理方式来统治的大企业。在这一企业中，人成了机器中润滑良好的小齿轮”的意思较为吻合。