[求助]OG-47

这个题不太明白,而且讨论贴里的连接已经失效了,

OG-47. On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, many colleges now anticipate increasingly smaller
freshman classes each year. Surprised by a 40 percent increase in qualified applicants over the previous year,
however, administrators at Nice College now plan to hire more faculties for courses taken by all freshmen.
Which of the following statements about Nice College’s current qualified applicants, if true, would strongly
suggest that the administrators’ plan is flawed?
A. A substantially higher percentage than usual plan to study for advanced degrees after graduation from
college.
B. According to their applications, their level of participation in extracurricular activities and varsity sports is
unusually high.
C. According to their applications, none of them lives in a foreign country.
D. A substantially lower percentage than usual rate Nice College as their first choice among the colleges to
which they are applying
E. A substantially lower percentage than usual list mathematics as their intended major.

选D。虽然申请者人数增加，可是把这所大学当首选的百分比下降，意味着新生的增加可能不会那么显著，故削弱了结论。

谢谢GRE3333先.

这个题干看不太明白,我翻译一下,不对的地方请指正:

基于处于大学生年纪(18-22岁的人??)的人数有所下降,许多学校期望每年小的新生班数量会增加(为什么用SMALLER??比较级还是形容词原级???),惊喜的是,今年申请合格的人数比去年增加了40%,然而,administrators at Nice College 计划招聘更多的教师来教全部的新生班.

这个提干自身是个什么逻辑???

我理解题干的意思是：由于适龄大学生人口的下降，许多大学预计新生班的人数将逐年减少。然而，nice大学的管理人员惊讶地发现合格申请者的人数比上一年增加了40％，所以nice大学打算雇用更多的老师来教导新生。

题干认为申请者的人数增加，必然意味着入学新生人数的增加。然而d指出由于该校不是申请者的首选，其人数的增加不一定增加新生人数。

啊.茅塞顿开！

谢谢！

这样的解释让人看了就明白了！（老外的解释看了半天还是云里雾里的，^_^也许是自己水平不够吧：）

谢谢谢谢,总算明白了,发现自己好笨哦!!呵呵!