【题干关键词】initial reason
【对应信息点】the original rationale
题干意为“要记住建立外包项目的初始原因”与D段“Yet joint ventures bring potential troubles and companies shouId be careful not to lose sight of the original rationale for outsourcing：to gain cost efficiencies and quality of service in an area that for some reason could not be carried out entirely in-house．”相对应。