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Don’s, a chain of supermarkets, has entered into an agreement in which Rose Computers will sell Don’s an unlimited number of its least expensive PC’s at one-fourth the regular wholesale price. In return, Don’s has agreed to purchase all of its scanners and other electronic information-processing equipment from Rose or from Omicron, Rose Computers’ parent company, for the next ten years. Don’s will offer a Rose PC free to any school that turns in Don’s register receipts totaling $100,000 within the next six months. The vice-president in charge of advertising for Don’s expects that the computer giveaway will obviate the need for a massive new advertising campaign for the next six months and that Don’s can make up the expenditures for the PC’s by writing them off its income taxes as charitable donations.

正确答案：A

The plans formulated by Don’s assume each of the following EXCEPT:

(A) The prices that Rose or Omicron charges Don’s for information-processing equipment over the next ten years will be lower than those charged by other companies.

(B) The tax laws will not be changed to exclude or lessen the value of charitable donations as tax write-offs.

(C) Schools will be sufficiently attracted by Don’s computer giveaway offer that teachers will urge students to shop at Don’s.

(D) Rose will be able to supply Don’s with a sufficient number of PC’s to meet the demand generated by schools that collect Don’s receipts totaling $100,000.

(E) The effect of the computer giveaway offer on Don’s business will be comparable to that of a major advertising campaign.

答案为何是A，而不是C呢？

(A) is irrelevant. In order to be relevant, (A) must make logical comparison between prices charged for information-processing equipment and "those charged for PCs", not those charged for information-processing equipment by other companies. So (A) is not assumed in the argument and hence the best choice.

(C) is relevant. According to the passage, "Don’s will offer a Rose PC free to any school that turns in Don’s register receipts totaling $100,000 within the next six months". So, if "Schools will not be sufficiently attracted by Don’s computer giveaway offer that teachers will urge students to shop at Don’s", the following effect of obviating need for massive advertising campaign will not happen. Therefore, (C) must be assumed by Dons.

谁能翻译一下原文，我不是很理解什么意思？

随便乱翻啊,大意.

DON这个地方从ROSE那里买了些很便宜的电脑，同时作为附带条件从ROSE和他的母公司O那里买了一堆配件. DON将把买来的便宜电脑无偿得给一些学校(作为他们的注册用户)，负责广告的家伙觉得，这样可以免除广告费用，并且可以逃掉消费税(因为这些电脑是当成慈善捐掉的)，

那A就无关了，给其他公司的价格高低和DON公司的策略毫无关系. 他的目的是发电脑和销帐,和价格没有关系。

这道题信息量很大 偶觉得可以当阅读题来做 就是回原文定位

(B)(E)-The vice-president in charge of advertising for Don’s expects that (E)the computer giveaway will obviate the need for a massive new advertising campaign for the next six months and that Don’s can make up the expenditures for the PC’s by (B) writing them off its income taxes as charitable donations.

(C)-Don’s will offer a Rose PC free to any school that turns in Don’s register receipts totaling $100,000 within the next six months.+ the computer giveaway will obviate the need for a massive new advertising campaign for the next six months and that Don’s can make up the expenditures for the PC’s
   

(D)-Don’s, a chain of supermarkets, has entered into an agreement in which Rose Computers will sell Don’s an unlimited number of its least expensive PC’s at one-fourth the regular wholesale price.

We couldn't get any implied clue for A from the passage above. Otherwise, we may consider A as irrelavent.

That's my thought on this problem. It's very time-consuming to locate the need information in the passage. I was wondering, probably,there is some simplier way to solve this problem?

这种题目没时间定位的，最快的方法就是狒狒老师的：太长的逻辑题目而且又看的不是很明白的就选A

这题还真的对了呢，

虽然我不是这么选的

(A) The prices that Rose or Omicron charges Don’s for information-processing equipment over the next ten years will be lower than those charged by other companies.

A不是说 R给D的价格比其他人给D的价格要低吗？ 这个怎么不对了？

its least expensive PC’s at one-fourth the regular wholesale price