Q4:
In the past the country of Siduria has relied heavily on imported oil. Siduria recently implemented a program to convert heating systems from oil to natural gas. Siduria already produces more natural gas each year than it burns, and oil production in Sidurian oil fields is increasing at a steady pace. If these trends in fuel production and usage continue, therefore, Sidurian reliance on foreign sources for fuel should decline soon.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
答案是A.
我的问题:
"Siduria already produces more natural gas each year than it burns, and oil production in Sidurian oil fields is increasing at a steady pace. If these trends in fuel production and usage continue",
如果天然气总是生产的比使用的多,那不就是说已经把A排除了吗?
我选了C,尽管有些勉强.
理由:题中结论是"Sidurian reliance on foreign sources for fuel should decline soon",但这个fuel 不一定等同于Gas或Oil. 感觉上像个逻辑上常见的考点:概念变化.
假如C成立,那可能该国还计划用别的燃料代替石油,如果这种燃料也可能是进口来的,就不能得出结论了.
感觉GMAT逻辑思路总是不那么清晰.答案有时不是那么有说服力.如果这题没有"If these trends in fuel production and usage continue"这句话,我绝对会选A.
请NN指点一下.多谢!
文中说S国现在要进口石油,其石油生产量每年稳步上升,以后就可以慢慢减少对进口的依赖了。但如果你否定了A,In Siduria the rate of fuel consumption is rising more quickly than the rate of fuel production.不但不能减少进口,还要增加进口,无法得出作者的结论。
本文的结论是these trends in fuel production and usage continue, therefore, Sidurian reliance on foreign sources for fuel should decline soon. 个人感觉与gas的关系不大。
谢谢!
A的否定作用我是理解的.我的问题是"Siduria already produces more natural gas each year than it burns, and oil production in Sidurian oil fields is increasing at a steady pace. If these trends in fuel production and usage continue",
文中说用气去替换油.如果如第一黑体所说,气产出总比使用多(应该包括替换油的部分),第二黑体说这样的产出和使用比率延续,那不管使用上升再多,气都够用啊.
其实我估计A就是出题者的答案,只是觉得上面的这些文字给这个答案的逻辑增添了不必要的混淆,使答案的说服力减弱,所以想听听NN的意见.
假设现在石油产量X,需求Y.进口缺口Y-X.
天然气因为"already produces more natural gas each year than it burns", 可以假设剩余正数Z.
如果将天然气补到石油上,缺口将为Y-X-Z.当然比Y-X小,所以可以说decline.注意结论并没有说不进口,只说进口减少而已.
而 "If these trends in fuel production and usage continue", 那么不管需求怎么增长,只要需求和国内产出的关系仍像上面一样,缺口还是会decline呀.我不明白作者为什么要来这么一句"If these trends in fuel production and usage continue" (至少一定程度上和A是相背的),否则A是很清楚的答案.
请问你觉得"If these trends in fuel production and usage continue"和A有一些矛盾吗?
自己顶。。真心求教!
再顶!
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