編號第 37 題至第 40 題為篇章結構，各題請依文意，從四個選項中選出最合適者，各題答案內容不重複
      As consumers, we love supply chains, because they deliver us all sorts of goods— from tennis shoes to laptopcomputers— at lower and lower prices and tailored more and more precisely to just what we want.   37   But asworkers, we are sometimes ambivalent or hostile to these supply chains, because they expose us to higher and higherpressures to compete, and force our companies to cut costs, and also, at times, cut our wages and benefits.   38    Noretail company has been more efficient at improving its supply chain (and thereby flattening the world) than Wal-Mart,and no company epitomizes the tension that supply chains evoke between the consumer in us and the worker in us thandoes Wal-Mart. A September 30, 2002, article in Computerworld summed up Wal-Mart’s pivotal role: “‘Being asupplier to Wal-Mart is a two-edged sword,’ says Joseph F. Eckroth Jr., CIO at Mattel Inc. ‘   39    They demandexcellence.’   40    Undoubtedly, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has built an inventory and supply chain management systemthat has changed the face of business.”
【題組】37
(A) They are a phenomenal channel but a tough customer.
(B) That is why Wal-Mart is one of the best laptop manufacturers.
(C) That is how Wal-Mart became the world’s biggest retailer.
(D) That is how Wal-Mart became one of the world’s most controversial companies.