(单选题)

In the author's opinion, what is a "scale insurgents"? ( ).

A.A startup company that maintains its original quality in the process of scaling up.

B.An insurgent company that turned into an incumbent company.

C.An insurgent company that managed to make steady profits.

D.A startup company that succeeded in scaling up.

参考答案：A

参考解析：

细节题。该题可以采用排除法。首先可以排除B和C选项，原文已经说了insurgent company和incumbent company是两种不同的公司，而且前者经常挑战后者，所以insurgent company不可能会转变成后者。C选项并不能突出insurgent company和其他公司的区别。根据原文The companies that find a way to achieve scale without losing their insurgent mission—we call them 'Sales Insurgents'可知Sales Insurgents指的是那些在扩大规模的路上并没有放弃“反叛革命”的公司，A项中的maintains its original quality与原文中without losing their insurgent mission相呼应。故本题正确答案选A。

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