OG12-54题请求解惑

tim60288

(This passage was adapted from an article written in 1992.)
Some observers have attributed the dramatic
growth in temporary employment that occurred in
the United States during the 1980s to increased
participation in the workforce by certain groups,
such as first-time or reentering workers, who
supposedly prefer such arrangements. However,
statistical analyses reveal that demographic
changes in the workforce did not correlate with
variations in the total number of temporary
workers. Instead, these analyses suggest that
factors affecting employers account for the rise
in temporary employment. One factor is product
demand: temporary employment is favored by
employers who are adapting to fluctuating demand
for products while at the same time seeking
to reduce overall labor costs. Another factor
is labor’s reduced bargaining strength, which
allows employers more control over the terms of
employment. Given the analyses, which reveal that
growth in temporary employment now far exceeds
the level explainable by recent workforce entry
rates of groups said to prefer temporary jobs, firms
should be discouraged from creating excessive
numbers of temporary positions. Government
policymakers should consider mandating benefit
coverage for temporary employees, promoting pay
equity between temporary and permanent workers,
assisting labor unions in organizing temporary
workers, and encouraging firms to assign temporary
jobs primarily to employees who explicitly indicate
that preference.

tim60288

54. The first sentence in the passage suggests that the
“observers” mentioned in line 1 would be most likely to
predict which of the following?
(A) That the number of new temporary positions
would decline as fewer workers who preferred
temporary employment entered the workforce
(B) That the total number of temporary positions
would increase as fewer workers were able to
find permanent positions
(C) That employers would have less control over the
terms of workers’ employment as workers
increased their bargaining strength
(D) That more workers would be hired for temporary
positions as product demand increased
(E) That the number of workers taking temporary
positions would increase as more workers in any
given demographic group entered the workforce


想请教这题其它选项，有定位到，可是还是选错
不知其它错误选项错误原因
唉!! 感觉RC还是差劲…囧

Thank you

edwardelric

b 选项是后文的观点不是observer的观点 c同理 也是后文 推出的统计表明的理论 d也是
e in any given group 错误 是by certain group 原文说的是
a 选项虽然是取非可得但是我认为还是不太好，要你推断~但是其他明显错误就剩下a了

ericafdl

比较同意用排除法，如果顺着推真的不知道OBSERVOR的观点和态度，文中根本没有提到。

Midea

in any given 和 by certain 有很大差别吗？何况e里有demographic 这个关键词啊，疑惑！OG的解释说certain groups 列举了first-time or reentering workers. 可是原文中列举完，紧接着就说However，demographic changes 不是原因，可见demographic  changes指代的就是前面解释的certain Group 的变化。这样就更说明E 是对的了。我这样分析不对吗？

angela7258

我认为这道题的考点在于：文章第一句话提出的是temporary employment与workers prefer such arrangement的关系。所以，选项中表示二者关系的只有A选项。