【每日逻辑练习第二季】【1-3】

bananazoo

恩~很高兴看到这么多人参与进来~
真，美好~不是么~
大家加油！

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【精练】
3. There is relatively little room for growth in the
overall carpet market, which is tied to the size of the
population. Most who purchase carpet do so only
once or twice, first in their twenties or thirties, and
then perhaps again in their fifties or sixties. Thus as
the population ages, companies producing carpet
will be able to gain market share in the carpet market
only through purchasing competitors, and not
through more aggressive marketing.
Which one of the following, if true, casts the most
doubt on the conclusion above?
--BIBLE WEAKEN NO.3
(A) Most of the major carpet producers market
other floor coverings as well.
(B) Most established carpet producers market
several different brand names and varieties,
and there is no remaining niche in the
market for new brands to fill.
(C) Two of the three mergers in the industry’s last
ten years led to a decline in profits and
revenues for the newly merged companies.
(D) Price reductions, achieved by cost-cutting in
production, by some of the dominant firms
in the carpet market are causing other
producers to leave the market altogether.
(E) The carpet market is unlike most markets in
that consumers are becoming increasingly
resistant to new patterns and styles.

【逻辑链】
2.
Scientists are discussing ways to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by increasing the amount that is absorbed by plant life.  One plan to accomplish this is to establish giant floating seaweed farms in the oceans.  When the seaweed plants die, they will be disposed of by being burned for fuel.
Which of the following, if true, would indicate the most serious weakness in the plan above?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.9

(A) Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms.
(B) When a seaweed plant is burned, it releases an amount of carbon dioxide comparable to the amount it has absorbed in its lifetime.
(C) Even if seaweed farms prove effective, some people will be reluctant to switch to this new fuel.
(D) Each year about seven billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere but only about five billion tons are absorbed by plant life.
(E) Seaweed farms would make more money by farming seaweed to sell as nutritional supplements than by farming seaweed to sell as fuel.


3.
Jennifer:  Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.  The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.

Brad:  There must be another explanation:  as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.  Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.10
(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.
(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.


4.
Mourdet Winery:  Danville Winery's new wine was introduced to compete with our most popular wine, which is sold in a distinctive tall, black bottle.  Danville uses a similar bottle.  Thus, it is likely that many customers intending to buy our wine will mistakenly buy theirs instead.

Danville Winery:  Not so.  The two bottles can be readily distinguished:  the label on ours, but not on theirs, is gold colored.

Which of the following, if true, most undermines Danville Winery's response?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.11
(A) Gold is the background color on the label of many of the wines produced by Danville Winery.
(B) When the bottles are viewed side by side, Danville Winery's bottle is perceptibly taller than Mourdet Winery's.
(C) Danville Winery, unlike Mourdet Winery, displays its wine's label prominently in advertisements.
(D) It is common for occasional purchasers to buy a bottle of wine on the basis of a general impression of the most obvious feature of the bottle.
(E) Many popular wines are sold in bottles of a standard design.


5.
Finding of a survey of Systems magazine subscribers:  Thirty percent of all merchandise orders placed by subscribers in response to advertisements in the magazine last year were placed by subscribers under age thirty-five.

Finding of a survey of advertisers in Systems magazine:  Most of the merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by people under age thirty-five.

For both of the findings to be accurate, which of the following must be true?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.12
(A) More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five.
(B) Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year than it is now.
(C) Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems subscribers over age thirty-five.
(D) Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirty-five than for those age thirty-five or over.
(E) Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not subscribers to the magazine.

MIA926

【精练】
3. There is relatively little room for growth in the overall carpet market, which is tied to the size of the population. Most who purchase carpet do so only once or twice, first in their twenties or thirties, and then perhaps again in their fifties or sixties. Thus as the population ages, companies producing carpet will be able to gain market share in the carpet market only through purchasing competitors, and not through more aggressive marketing.
Which one of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the conclusion above?
--BIBLE WEAKEN NO.3
计时：29.66s
逻辑链：地毯市场的成长空间很小，因为这个市场主要依赖于人口的增长，人们一生中只会买几次地毯，而人口又在老龄化，所以生产地毯的企业只能通过收购竞争者而不是通过推广产品来在市场上抢占份额。
推测：除了这两种方法外还有别的方法可以gain share；
(A) Most of the major carpet producers market
other floor coverings as well. 无关 carpet才是讨论的要点
(B) Most established carpet producers market
several different brand names and varieties,
and there is no remaining niche in the
market for new brands to fill. 加强
(C) Two of the three mergers in the industry’s last
ten years led to a decline in profits and
revenues for the newly merged companies. 无关 结论在于要gain share而不是profit
(D) Price reductions, achieved by cost-cutting in
production, by some of the dominant firms
in the carpet market are causing other
producers to leave the market altogether. 正确 举出了别的gain share的方法
(E) The carpet market is unlike most markets in
that consumers are becoming increasingly
resistant to new patterns and styles. 无关 没有讲到gain share的事情

【逻辑链】
2.
Scientists are discussing ways to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by increasing the amount that is absorbed by plant life.  One plan to accomplish this is to establish giant floating seaweed farms in the oceans.  When the seaweed plants die, they will be disposed of by being burned for fuel.
Which of the following, if true, would indicate the most serious weakness in the plan above?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.9
逻辑链：为了减少大气中的二氧化碳，科学家计划在海洋中建立海草工厂来吸收二氧化碳，这些海草死后会通过燃烧的方式来销毁。
推测：死后燃烧放出的CO2比吸收的还要多
(A) Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms. 无关 一些地方不能建不影响其他地方的效果
(B) When a seaweed plant is burned, it releases an amount of carbon dioxide comparable to the amount it has absorbed in its lifetime. 正确
(C) Even if seaweed farms prove effective, some people will be reluctant to switch to this new fuel. 无关 人们愿不愿意和有没有效无关
(D) Each year about seven billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere but only about five billion tons are absorbed by plant life. 无关 没有提到海草
(E) Seaweed farms would make more money by farming seaweed to sell as nutritional supplements than by farming seaweed to sell as fuel. 无关 海草公司怎样赚更多钱和能不能吸收CO2没关系


3.
Jennifer:  Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.  The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.
Brad:  There must be another explanation:  as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.  Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.
逻辑链：J说C这个地方的video的租用数量大幅下降是因为V这个店的开放，因为这个店除了租录像带外还会卖录像带，但是B反驳说应该还有其他原因导致的租用数量的下降，因为V只卖了4000但是数量下降了10000.
推测：一个人买了给别人看 所以没买的人也不用租了
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.10
(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold. 无关 没有阐明卖的和减少的的关系
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville. 无关，讨论的是V这家店
(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week. 无关，主要讲的是V卖的碟的问题
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater. 无关 跟买什么样的碟没关系
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends. 正确


4.
Mourdet Winery:  Danville Winery's new wine was introduced to compete with our most popular wine, which is sold in a distinctive tall, black bottle.  Danville uses a similar bottle.  Thus, it is likely that many customers intending to buy our wine will mistakenly buy theirs instead.
Danville Winery:  Not so.  The two bottles can be readily distinguished:  the label on ours, but not on theirs, is gold colored.
逻辑链：M说D这个公司跟他们用一样的瓶子来装酒，这样客户要买M的酒的时候很可能错买成D的酒，D反驳说其实两种就很好区分，因为D公司的商标是金色的
推测：买酒的时候大家都是大概看一下就拿了，没人注意商标；金色的商标很不容易注意到；
Which of the following, if true, most undermines Danville Winery's response?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.11
(A) Gold is the background color on the label of many of the wines produced by Danville Winery. 无关 跟其他D的酒没关系
(B) When the bottles are viewed side by side, Danville Winery's bottle is perceptibly taller than Mourdet Winery's. 加强D
(C) Danville Winery, unlike Mourdet Winery, displays its wine's label prominently in advertisements. 加强D
(D) It is common for occasional purchasers to buy a bottle of wine on the basis of a general impression of the most obvious feature of the bottle. 正确
(E) Many popular wines are sold in bottles of a standard design. 无关 讲别的酒去了


5.
Finding of a survey of Systems magazine subscribers:  Thirty percent of all merchandise orders placed by subscribers in response to advertisements in the magazine last year were placed by subscribers under age thirty-five.
Finding of a survey of advertisers in Systems magazine:  Most of the merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by people under age thirty-five.
逻辑链：第一个关于杂志订阅者的finding说百分之三十的来自对杂志广告有反应的订阅者的订单来自小于35岁的订阅者；第二个关于杂志广告商的finding表明：他们大不部分的对于广告有反应的订单来自小于35岁的人
For both of the findings to be accurate, which of the following must be true?
-- PREP07 CR1 NO.12
(A) More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five. 无关 是说百分之三十的订单来自35岁以下的订阅者 但很可能其他的订单来自35岁以上的人
(B) Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year than it is now. 无关 跟人数对比无关
(C) Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems subscribers over age thirty-five. 无关 跟题目给的信息无关 不能解决题目的问题
(D) Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirty-five than for those age thirty-five or over. 无关 和钱无关 在讲人的问题
(E) Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not subscribers to the magazine. 正确

irenetopia

这个看了两分钟……不是全明白，一开始选的D，后来改的C……桑心
There is relatively little room for growth in theoverall carpet market, which is tied to the size of thepopulation. Most who purchase carpet do so onlyonce or twice, first in their twenties or thirties, andthen perhaps again in their fifties or sixties. Thus asthe population ages, companies producing carpetwill be able to gain market share in the carpet marketonly through purchasing competitors, and notthrough more aggressive marketing.Which one of the following, if true, casts the mostdoubt on the conclusion above?--BIBLE WEAKEN NO.3
逻辑链：因为人买的少，carpet市场小——扩大市场份额只能通过合并竞争对手而不是自己积极扩大市场份额
问削弱：通过自己的策略扩大市场份额

(A )Most of the major carpet producers marketother floor coverings as well.——无关吧，这个只是说了carpet producer出售的一个情况，无法削弱
(B) Most established carpet producers marketseveral different brand names and varieties,and there is no remaining niche in themarket for new brands to fill.——同A，无关
(C) Two of the three mergers in the industry’s lastten years led to a decline in profits andrevenues for the newly merged companies.——无关
(D) Price reductions, achieved by cost-cutting inproduction, by some of the dominant firmsin the carpet market are causing otherproducers to leave the market altogether.——bingo！学营销的居然一开始没看出来，这就是通过价格战略扩大市场份额
(E) The carpet market is unlike most markets inthat consumers are becoming increasinglyresistant to new patterns and styles.——无关

【逻辑链】2.
50S  
Scientists are discussing ways to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by increasing the amount that is absorbed by plant life.  One plan to accomplish this is to establish giant floating seaweed farms in the oceans.  When the seaweed plants die, they will be disposed of by being burned for fuel.Which of the following, if true, would indicate the most serious weakness in the plan above?-- PREP07 CR1 NO.9
逻辑链：为了降低CD——所以在海上种S，S死后被焚烧
问削弱：目的是减少CD，只要找出S计划实施之后CD还是没有减少就可以
(A) Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms.——跟CD减少无关啊
(B) When a seaweed plant is burned, it releases an amount of carbon dioxide comparable to the amount it has absorbed in its lifetime.——bingo!这样CD还是没有减少，计划失败
(C) Even if seaweed farms prove effective, some people will be reluctant to switch to this new fuel.——也不管CD什么事
(D) Each year about seven billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere but only about five billion tons are absorbed by plant life.——还是算是减少了对吧，属于suppor
t(E) Seaweed farms would make more money by farming seaweed to sell as nutritional supplements than by farming seaweed to sell as fuel.——也跟CD减少无关

3.
1 min
这个我也错了一开始，选的AJennifer:  Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.  The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.Brad:  There must be another explanation:  as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.  Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?-- PREP07 CR1 NO.10

逻辑链：女：C在1994年销量下降了10000,因为另一个能租能卖又便宜的V营业了
男：有其他原因，因为94年V只卖了4000个
问削弱男的
思路：没有其他原因，就是因为V开了，找到填补6000的法子（原谅我逻辑一直很紊乱）
(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.——因为其他原因，理论上还是support了男的观点
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.——support男的
(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.——无语，无关
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.——也无关
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.——bingo！解释了那6000去哪了，因为有的人买了videos借给朋友，可以填补6000的空缺

4.
1min
Mourdet Winery:  Danville Winery's new wine was introduced to compete with our most popular wine, which is sold in a distinctive tall, black bottle.  Danville uses a similar bottle.  Thus, it is likely that many customers intending to buy our wine will mistakenly buy theirs instead.Danville Winery:  Not so.  The two bottles can be readily distinguished:  the label on ours, but not on theirs, is gold colored.
Which of the following, if true, most undermines Danville Winery's response?-- PREP07 CR1 NO.11

逻辑链：MW：有个新的DW酒跟我们最popular的酒包装一样，消费者可能误选
DW：不会，因为我们的标签是金色哦
问削弱DW的
思路：肯定会让消费者误选即使是标签是金色的，也许是消费者不会管你标签是金色还是红色，他们对这个不感冒，只看大方向
(A) Gold is the background color on the label of many of the wines produced by Danville Winery.——无关
(B) When the bottles are viewed side by side, Danville Winery's bottle is perceptibly taller than Mourdet Winery's.——也无关
(C) Danville Winery, unlike Mourdet Winery, displays its wine's label prominently in advertisements.——细思极恐。。。这个的可持续影响等于是支持了DW的了，这里不讨论
(D) It is common for occasional purchasers to buy a bottle of wine on the basis of a general impression of the most obvious feature of the bottle.——bingo！消费者的关注点不在label上
(E) Many popular wines are sold in bottles of a standard design.——无关

5.
1min
Finding of a survey of Systems magazine subscribers:  Thirty percent of all merchandise orders placed by subscribers in response to advertisements in the magazine last year were placed by subscribers under age thirty-five.Finding of a survey of advertisers in Systems magazine:  Most of the merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by people under age thirty-five.For both of the findings to be accurate, which of the following must be true?-- PREP07 CR1 NO.12
逻辑链：去年35%杂志订购者对于杂志中广告订单的响应是35岁以下
去年我们大部分的杂志广告响应者实在35岁以下
问must be true，等于是吧响应者和订购响应者搭个桥，直接选E
(A) More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five.
(B) Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year than it is now
(C) Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems subscribers over age thirty-five.
(D) Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirty-five than for those age thirty-five or over.
(E) Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not subscribers to the magazine.

bananazoo

Key: D B E D E  答案在此处，把前面的选中就可以看到了~被设成白色的啦~

【精练题解释】
This is another difficult problem but very typical of the LSAT. As always, the
key to success is to isolate the conclusion, which appears in the last sentence:
“companies producing carpet will be able to gain market share in the carpet
market only through purchasing competitors.” As you should have noted while
reading, the conclusion contains a conditional indicator and is thereby
conditional in nature. The conclusion can be diagrammed as:
     GMS = gain market share in the carpet market
     C = purchasing competitors
               GMS --->C
According to the author, to gain market share in the carpet market a company
must purchase a competitor. Answer choice (C) is often selected by students,
but it does not attack this idea. To attack a conditional statement you must show
that the necessary condition is not actually necessary for the sufficient condition
to occur. Answer choice (C) simply suggests that when companies purchase
their competitors the endeavor is often financially unsuccessful. Essentially,
answer choice (C) fails to prove that purchasing competitors is unnecessary to
gain market share. Answer choice (D), on the other hand, does suggest a way
for companies to gain market share without purchasing competitors, thereby
attacking the conditional statement given in the stimulus. Thus, answer choice
(D) is correct.
Answer choice (A): This answer goes beyond the scope of the argument, which
is limited to the carpet market (and not other floor coverings).
Answer choice (B): This is an Opposite answer that strengthens the argument.
If there are no remaining niches to fill, then there is no way to expand other than
to purchase a competitor.
Answer choice (C): This attractive answer is wrong for two very strong
reasons:
1. A Shell Game is played with the details of the conclusion. The
conclusion is about market share. Answer choice (C) is about a
decline in profits and revenues. The two are not the same, and so the
information in the answer choice does not weaken the conclusion.
2. Even if you assume that market share is the same thing as profits and
revenues, a second Shell Game is played because the answer then
attacks a conclusion that is similar but different than the given
conclusion.
If the conclusion were as follows:
                       C ---> GMS
then answer choice (C) would be correct (again, assuming market
share is the same thing as profits and revenues). But, the above is a
Mistaken Reversal of the conclusion, and so the attack is made on a
statement that uses the same terms as the conclusion but puts them in
a different relationship. This is a great example of the cleverness
displayed by the test makers. Fortunately you can avoid this answer if
you know what to look for when attacking conditional reasoning.
More on this topic in the next section.
One point worth noting is that it is no accident that the most tempting wrong
answer choice appears just before the correct answer. This is a classic LSAT
trick, and one that is very effective because most test takers relax once they find
an answer they feel is attractive. This makes them less likely to closely examine
the answers that follow. Never relax during the LSAT!
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer. If price reductions drive out
some of the carpet producers, then other producers can take the market share
left behind. This scenario shows that a company can gain market share without
purchasing a competitor, thus attacking the necessary condition in the
conclusion.
Answer choice (E): This Opposite answer strengthens the argument. If the
consumers are resistant to new styles, then one fewer possibility exists if a
company is trying to increase market share. By eliminating this option, the
conclusion is strengthened (if you eliminate an idea that would hurt the
argument, that strengthens the argument because it has fewer “competitors.”
More on this later).

fox0923

精练-------〉45s（第一遍没读懂）-----------weaken
P: The consumers only change their carpets in their 20s/30s and 40s/50s.
C: The carpet company can only gain market share from purchasing its competitors, yet not from the carpet market growth.
Prephrase:
The carpet company's competitor have the price as same as this carpet company.
The exportation of carpet can induce more profit for the carpet company.
The promotion plan of the carpet company can be achieved by replacing old carpet with the new ones in a cheaper price.
Analysis:
(A) Most of the major carpet producers market
other floor coverings as well.
----------------------------------------------------------we don't care if the producer market other floor covering or not, since this is not the main point of the passage.
(B) Most established carpet producers market
several different brand names and varieties,
and there is no remaining niche in the
market for new brands to fill.
----------------------------------------------------------new brand names and varieties cannot conclude the carpet company can gain market share through purchasing competitors.
(C) Two of the three mergers in the industry’s last
ten years led to a decline in profits and
revenues for the newly merged companies.
-----------------------------------------------------------this is one example, but it cannot represent for the whole.
(D) Price reductions, achieved by cost-cutting in
production, by some of the dominant firms
in the carpet market are causing other
producers to leave the market altogether.
-----------------------------------------------------------contender.
(E) The carpet market is unlike most markets in
that consumers are becoming increasingly
resistant to new patterns and styles.
------------------------------------------------------------new patterns and styles are irrelevant,this is to support the conclusion.



分析不足：
reasons:
1. A Shell Game is played with the details of the conclusion. The
conclusion is about market share. Answer choice (C) is about a
decline in profits and revenues. The two are not the same, and so the
information in the answer choice does not weaken the conclusion.
对C的理解稍微还不够深刻，其实是shell game，C不能说明market share的增加是由于purchasing competitors引起的，所以即便是profit/revenue下降等等，都不够充分说明weaken的效果。


其次，对于D为什么是对的理解也不到位，用了POE方法排出，但是不能体会精髓！
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer. If price reductions drive out
some of the carpet producers, then other producers can take the market share
left behind. This scenario shows that a company can gain market share without
purchasing a competitor, thus attacking the necessary condition in the
conclusion.




问题？？？
但是highlight部分我还是没太看明白，D到底是怎么证明carpet company can gain market share without purchasing a competitor的？要我看，最多证明carpet company是不能从purchasing competior 身上获利而已阿~~求解！

南瓜0729

45s
P：people buy C once or twice in their life.
C:as population ages, the company should purchase competitors rather than use more marketing.
P(weaken)eople prefer to the product whose company has compelling marketing method.
E
A irrelevant  floor covering
B support
C irrelevant 说的profit
D ？
E correct


以为that修饰most markets 还纳闷这句话的 计时器挡住的in。。。。。做的太屎了！


30s
P：scientists wants to reduce the amount of CO2. they plan to establish seaweed plant.
C:when plants die, they can be disposed by being burned by fuel.
p(weaken):fuel burning produce CO2.
B


45s
J:video rental outlets decline in 1994 because Videorama opened.
B:the decline was 10000,but Videorama sold only 4000.
P:?
E


28s
M:new wine will compete our wine, because the bottle looks the same.
D:no. labels are different.
P(weaken D): customers cannot see the little difference.
D


P:30% of orders placed by s were s under 35
P: most of orders placed were placed by people under 35.
P(must be true):many people placed order were not s
E

ajcaesar

第一次跟帖，有错请指正

逻辑链:
购买地毯次数少---->市场饱和
为了市占率只有并购，没有行销

选项分析：
一开始我也选（C），后来看了解释才知道自己题意没抓好
（C）
并购后获利下降.............从逻辑链来看就知道无关
（D）
削价竞争，迫使没资金的竞争对手离场，之后赢得市占率

有错请鞭..............

小意达de花儿

占座

CHRISTINE2010

报到先~~

fox0923

第一次跟帖，有错请指正

逻辑链:
购买地毯次数少---->市场饱和
为了市占率只有并购，没有行销

选项分析：
一开始我也选（C），后来看了解释才知道自己题意没抓好
（C）
并购后获利下降.............从逻辑链来看就知道无关
（D）
削价竞争，迫使没资金的竞争对手离场，之后赢得市占率

有错请鞭..............

-- by 会员 ajcaesar (2011/11/22 8:19:38)

明白了D选项了，谢谢翻译了，当时想的太多了，一时间没反应过来~

xeyyxzty

1.background:There is relatively little room for growth in the overall carpet market, which is tied to the size of the population.
premise:Most who purchase carpet do so only once or twice, first in their twenties or thirties, and then perhaps again in their fifties or sixties.
conclusion:as the population ages, companies producing carpet will be able to gain market share in the carpet market only through purchasing competitors, and not through more aggressive marketing.
maybe more aggressive marketing will attract consumers who originally want to buy carpets once~(这个理由不成立吧...)
(A) Most of the major carpet producers market other floor coverings as well.
--it's about the carpet market--irrelevant
(B) Most established carpet producers market several different brand names and varieties, and there is no remaining niche in the
market for new brands to fill.
--i don't know~maybe~irrelevant?--support
(C) Two of the three mergers in the industry’s last ten years led to a decline in profits and revenues for the newly merged companies.
--not about competitors-,but still gain market shares-right
(D) Price reductions, achieved by cost-cutting in production, by some of the dominant firms in the carpet market are causing other producers to leave the market altogether.
--competitors--support--right
(E) The carpet market is unlike most markets in that consumers are becoming increasingly resistant to new patterns and styles.

--it has nothing to do with the choice of consumers--irrelevant--support
果然错了...To attack a conditional statement you must show that the necessary condition is not actually necessary for the sufficient condition to occur.
purchasing competitors...真的只是purchasing competitors~没敢这么想，觉得另有深意
好伤心的一道题~~~2.这个是set of facts 吧~
increase the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by plant life -->remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
the plants are burned for fuel--but when they are burned, they make carbon oxide again
(A) Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms.
--to weaken the plan is to find the reason that the seaweed plants cannot remove the carbon oxide from the atmosphere--irrelevant
(B) When a seaweed plant is burned, it releases an amount of carbon dioxide comparable to the amount it has absorbed in its lifetime.
--right
(C) Even if seaweed farms prove effective, some people will be reluctant to switch to this new fuel.
--the plant works, and some people will use the new fuel--support
(D) Each year about seven billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere but only about five billion tons are absorbed by plant life.
--irrelevant
(E) Seaweed farms would make more money by farming seaweed to sell as nutritional supplements than by farming seaweed to sell as fuel.

-the profit about the plant is irrelevant
3.J:p: the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also          sold them cheaply.
B:p:the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.  Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.
c:Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.
maybe some people buy videos instead of renting them because of the cheap price.
(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.
--support
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.
--the question has nothing to do with other stores
(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
--the marketing skills are irrelevant
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
--it has nothing to do with a theater
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.

--loaning the videos to friends may decrease the rentals from stores. and the cheap price increase the number of videos owned by citizens--weaken--right
虽然思路又一次偏离，但还是离答案不远~~~
4.M: b:Danville Winery's new wine was introduced to compete with our most popular wine, which is sold in a distinctive tall, black bottle.       panville uses a similar bottle.  
   c: many customers intending to buy our wine will mistakenly buy theirs instead.
D: p:The two bottles can be readily distinguished
   cpposite to M's
maybe the consumers are careless.
or maybe the D's label color are similar with gold.
(A) Gold is the background color on the label of many of the wines produced by Danville Winery.
--other types of wine are irrelevant
(B) When the bottles are viewed side by side, Danville Winery's bottle is perceptibly taller than Mourdet Winery's.
--weakens M's conclusion, not D's
(C) Danville Winery, unlike Mourdet Winery, displays its wine's label prominently in advertisements.
--irrelevant
(D) It is common for occasional purchasers to buy a bottle of wine on the basis of a general impression of the most obvious feature of the bottle.
--the consumers do not pay attention to the color of the label--right
(E) Many popular wines are sold in bottles of a standard design.

--other types of wine are irrelevant
5.
Finding of a survey of Systems magazine subscribers:  Thirty percent of all merchandise orders placed by subscribers in response to advertisements in the magazine last year were placed by subscribers under age thirty-five.
Finding of a survey of advertisers in Systems magazine:  Most of the merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by people under age thirty-five.For both of the findings to be accurate, which of the following must be true?
(A) More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five.
(B) Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year than it is now.
(C) Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems subscribers over age thirty-five.
(D) Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirty-five than for those age thirty-five or over.
(E) Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not subscribers to the magazine.
不懂~~~

qiuhua01234567

第三天

1.weaken,30S

background:tide to the size of population,there is little room for growth in the overall market.

Pemise:purchase only once or twice.

Population:gain market share through purchasing competitors.

(A).Most of the major carpet producers market
other floor coverings as well.

-------------------------------------------------irrevelent
(B) Most established carpet producers market
several different brand names and varieties,
and there is no remaining niche in the
market for new brands to fill.

-------------------------------------------------irrelevent
(C) Two of the three mergers in the industry’s last
ten years led to a decline in profits and
revenues for the newly merged companies.

--------------------------------------------------irrelevent
(D) Price reductions, achieved by cost-cutting in
production, by some of the dominant firms
in the carpet market are causing other
producers to leave the market altogether.

----------------------------------------------correct.
(E) The carpet market is unlike most markets in
that consumers are becoming increasingly
resistant to new patterns and styles.

---------------------------------------------irrelevent
2.25S weaken

Backgorund:find ways to reduce CD from atmosphere

Ways:establish farms.when plants die,burn it.

Result:reduce CD

(A)Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms.

------------------------------------------------------------irrelevent.
(B) When a seaweed plant is burned, it releases an amount of carbon dioxide comparable to the amount it has absorbed in its lifetime.

------------------------------------------------------------correct
(C) Even if seaweed farms prove effective, some people will be reluctant to switch to this new fuel.

---------------------------------------------------------------irrelevent.
(D) Each year about seven billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere but only about five billion tons are absorbed by plant life.

---------------------------------------------------------------even little,already do this.
(E) Seaweed farms would make more money by farming seaweed to sell as nutritional supplements than by farming seaweed to sell as fuel.

-----------------------------------------------------------------have nothing to do with money.

3.weaken30S

J:premisepening of v,rent and sold cheaply

Conclusion:C fewer 1000

B:premise:rent decline 1000,only sold4000

Conclusion:another reason

A)In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------already say,irrelevent.
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville
.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------irrelevent
(C) Most of the video rental outalets in Centerville
rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------irrelevent
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------irrelevent.
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------correct

4.weaken 37S

MW:premise:  Danville
Winery's new wine was introduced to compete with our most popular wine, which is sold in a distinctive tall, black bottle.  Danville uses a similar bottle
Conclusion: it is likely that many customers intending to buy our wine will mistakenly buy theirs instead

DW:premise: the label on ours, but not on theirs, is gold colored

Conclusion: The two bottles can be readily distinguished

A)Gold is the background color on the label of many of the wines produced by Danville Winery.

-------------------------------------------------------------asupport
(B) When the bottles are viewed side by side, Danville Winery's bottle is perceptibly taller than Mourdet Winery's.

-----------------------------------------------------------support
(C) Danville Winery, unlike Mourdet Winery, displays its wine's label prominently in advertisements.

-------------------------------------------------------------support
(D) It is common for occasional purchasers to buy a bottle of wine on the basis of a general impression of the most obvious feature of the bottle.

-------------------------------------------------------------correct
(E) Many popular wines are sold in bottles of a standard design.

------------------------------------------------------------irrelevent.

5. Must be true 38S

(A) More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five.
(B) Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year than it is now.
(C) Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems subscribers over age thirty-five.
(D) Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirty-five than for those age thirty-five or over.
(E) Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not subscribers to the magazine.

求分析。。。。