一道很具迷惑的题目，已有8位英雄折腰！（答案）

remeo

A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalog a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle.The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.
The company's plan assumes that
a)other housewares catalogs with magazinelike formats do not already exist
b)an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog
c)the same copywriter and graphic artist could be employed for both the clothing and housewares catalogs
d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist
e)customers to whom the old clothing catalog appealed would continue to make purchases from catalogs with the new format

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-3 8:46:46编辑过]

remeo

大家加油啊，居然没有一个选对！
再思考一下，我再公布答案。

remeo

e)customers to whom the old clothing catalog appealed would continue to make purchases from catalogs with the new format

肯定不是这个，因为即使以前买这种FORMAT的人不买，还是有其他人会来买的，并不能使The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.不成立。

请大家继续加油！选出正确答案。

remeo

哎，大家就再加油吧，还没有正确的选择和解释。

明天一定公布答案了，大家请再思考一下跟帖说说选什么，多谢了！

remeo

以下是引用fyhllj在2003-10-3 1:56:00的发言：
哈哈，我也来打擂。他的错误有两个：
1。 after that, so because of that.
A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist....
大家看出来了吧。雇佣 a copywriter and a graphic artist和a big jump in clothing sales 未必有因果关系。可能是公司的其他促销作用等等
2.apples and oranges
clothing catalog 和 a housewares catalog 未必可比。只要端掉两者的联系就可削弱。
而假设呢，将漏洞补上即可。
大家看d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist是不是将错误1的漏洞给补上了。
所以答案为D.

fyhllj

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-3 1:57:30编辑过]

fyhllj，虽然你的答案是正确的，但是你要想想，你可是在8位前人的基础上答的，不知你第一次会选D否？不过看了你的分析，觉得你还是很有实力的，而且对问题分析的理论知识也毫不逊色！
请fyhllj 再把其他的答案再分析一下，尤其大家前面回答错误的几个选项，我第一次做是选了B，B不就填补了你说的第二个漏洞吗？


A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalog a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle.The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.
The company's plan assumes that
a)other housewares catalogs with magazinelike formats do not already exist
b)an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog
c)the same copywriter and graphic artist could be employed for both the clothing and housewares catalogs
d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist
e)customers to whom the old clothing catalog appealed would continue to make purchases from catalogs with the new format

remeo

以下是引用祈晴坊主在2003-10-3 14:38:00的发言：

这道题目答案是B啊

就是新东方的逻辑书后面补充60题的第一题

答案明明是B

而且NN说过，新东方的笔试题应该没有答案错的

remeo 你是哪里看来的啊

不要误导大家啊

而且B这么明显的前提，就算d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist是对的

可是如果an upscale clientelte 不 interested in a housewares catalog

那这个题的结论有什么用啊

希望大家再再三思

是来自XDF补充材料的，我有这本书！答案我看了10遍还是D！请相信我的眼睛了。
再多看看NN fyhllj的解释吧，呵呵！

remeo

以下是引用fyhllj在2003-10-3 9:56:00的发言：
现在，我说一下，我做此题时的思路：
其实，我在作题时，根本不是按照上述的分析来的，如果，这样一来，没有3分钟，至少也的2分钟。时间是绝对不够用的。

当我读题时，第一眼就看到after这个词
A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales （after） hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalog a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle.

Gmat中常用时间先后来代替因果关系。

随后浏览选项：

注意到requires这个词，
d)a magazinelike format （requires） a copywriter and a graphic artist

require 这个词是个非常有用的词它可以有效的转换为if/then结构
a magazinelike format （requires） a copywriter and a graphic artist=====if there is a magazinelike format then there must be a copywriter and a graphic artist
即if A then B
对B取非，
------if not B then not A
If don't require a copywriter and a graphic artist then that format must not be magazinelike format
有效的削弱作者的论据。
最后浏览其他选项。
这样作，会节省很多时间，我做时，耗时大约一分钟左右。

看了你的答案，我并不惊讶。看了你的解题过程，我感觉和你真是有差距。你对关键词的敏感程度足以说明你的实力，我一遍看过去的时候根本达不到你的水平。实在让我佩服！
多多向你学习！