prep2-23

kitebird

A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product.  But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities.  Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.

 

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

 

(A) The first is a consideration that has been raised to argue that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the second presents that strategy.

(B) The first is a consideration raised to support the strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

(D) The first is an assumption, rejected by the argument, that has been used to justify a course of action; the second presents that course of action.

(E) The first is a consideration that has been used to justify pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second presents a course of action that has been adopted in pursuit of that goal.

为什么是C？？consideration该怎么理解？

gonghao

Consideration有两个意思(具体看选项中的上下文，很容易判断是哪个意思)：

　　“考虑因素”，包括：Evidence/Fact

　　“结论”，包括：Conclusion/Inference

A后错

B前错

D不是assumption

E后错

yf1369

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(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

这里好像说的是同一个strategy，可是我觉得原文中不是同一个strategy啊。 many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product.这是第一句话，说要收取最大可能能收到得钱。这是第二句 the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.说要收取低于最大可能得钱。

我怎么觉得这两个不一样呢，nn给我解释一下吧

yf1369

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popofeeling

我也觉得说的是同一个strategy,不合原意阿

qianrene

这题我也选错了，选的D后来我想通了

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A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product.  But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities.  Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.

 

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

 

(A) The first is a consideration that has been raised to argue that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the second presents that strategy.

(B) The first is a consideration raised to support the strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.从D的分析看出来前面那个不是作者承认的strategy只是那些公司采用的，因为他们的方法不好，所以才引出了后面作者的strategy（提高利润）

(D) The first is an assumption, rejected by the argument, that has been used to justify a course of action; the second presents that course of action.后面都是对的，只是assumption（结论成立必须假设的前提）不对，但是其实不是假设，而是事实，后面的strategy是作者提供的新策略

(E) The first is a consideration that has been used to justify pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second presents a course of action that has been adopted in pursuit of that goal.

意思就是作者只承认了一个strategy而已

fiddler

以下是引用qianrene在2007-9-25 11:29:00的发言：

这题我也选错了，选的D后来我想通了

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A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product.  But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities.  Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a consideration that has been raised to argue that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the second presents that strategy.

(B) The first is a consideration raised to support the strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.从D的分析看出来前面那个不是作者承认的strategy只是那些公司采用的，因为他们的方法不好，所以才引出了后面作者的strategy（提高利润）

(D) The first is an assumption, rejected by the argument, that has been used to justify a course of action; the second presents that course of action.后面都是对的，只是assumption（结论成立必须假设的前提）不对，但是其实不是假设，而是事实，后面的strategy是作者提供的新策略

(E) The first is a consideration that has been used to justify pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second presents a course of action that has been adopted in pursuit of that goal.

意思就是作者只承认了一个strategy而已

还真能解释啊。。。这题题目都是错的。。。

yankevi

B) The first is a consideration raised to support the strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

我觉得B和C都对，就是支持这种策略的啊，C说了解释这种策略的呼吁也是支持啊？

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

蓝夕叶子

B&C的前半部分不都是一样的么？why C,not B?