Apec’s president said that payments made by Apec for health insurance constituted a smaller proportion of the employees’ total compensation in 1999 than it had in 1994.The company’s president went on to say that during this period, the terms on which Apec’s employees received medical insurance benefits did not change.
If the statements attributed to Apec’s president are true, which of the following must also be true about Apec in the period between 1994 and 1999?
A. Nonsalary benefits other than health insurance that Apec provides for its employees also constituted a decreasing proportion of the employees’ total compensation.
B. There was no increase in the costs, to the insurance company or companies, of covering the health-care needs of Apec’s employees, or if there was, it was not passed on to Apec.
C. The productivity of Apec’s employees, computed as the per-employee share of the company’s total annual output, increased.
D. Either the cost to Apec of providing health insurance for its employees decreased or the total compensation received by Apec’s employees increased, or both.
E. Apec’s net profits went up each year throughout this period
Editorial: As societies grow richer, the service sector of the economy—education, health, banking, and so on-grows in importance relative to energy-intensive activities such as steel production. This shift lowers the ratio of carbon emissions to dollars of economic production. Hence, as societies grow richer, the totality of their carbon emissions declines.
The editorial's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?
(A) It confuses absolute decline with relative decline with respect to a growing quantity
(B) It takes for granted that growth in the services sector of a society's economy inevitably causes that society to grow richer.
(C) It overlooks the possibility that there may be an observable correlation between two phenomena even if neither phenomenon causally contributes to the other.
(D) If fails to adequately address the possibility that energy-intensive activities such as steel production tend to become more energy efficient as societies grow richer.
(E) It confuses a claim about carbon emissions with a claim about dollars of economic production
选A 作者: AliceJQC 时间: 2022-11-9 21:32
Apec’s president said that payments made by Apec for health insurance constituted a smaller proportion of the employees’ total compensation in 1999 than it had in 1994.The company’s president went on to say that during this period, the terms on which Apec’s employees received medical insurance benefits did not change.
If the statements attributed to Apec’s president are true, which of the following must also be true about Apec in the period between 1994 and 1999?A公司付出的健康保险的钱在1999年比1994年占更小的比例，公司主席说这个期间A公司的员工的得到的医疗福利并没有改变。
A. Nonsalary benefits other than health insurance that Apec provides for its employees also constituted a decreasing proportion of the employees’ total compensation.
与其他福利无关
B. There was no increase in the costs, to the insurance company or companies, of covering the health-care needs of Apec’s employees, or if there was, it was not passed on to Apec. 无关
C. The productivity of Apec’s employees, computed as the per-employee share of the company’s total annual output, increased. 员工生产力增加了，无关
D. Either the cost to Apec of providing health insurance for its employees decreased or the total compensation received by Apec’s employees increased, or both.
要不是健康保险的成本降低了，要不是员工受到的总补贴更高了或两者都是。比例变小，总量却没变，那就是这两个变量变了，正确
E. Apec’s net profits went up each year throughout this period A公司的净利润升高了，无关
Editorial: As societies grow richer, the service sector of the economy—education, health, banking, and so on-grows in importance relative to energy-intensive activities such as steel production. This shift lowers the ratio of carbon emissions to dollars of economic production. Hence, as societies grow richer, the totality of their carbon emissions declines.
社会变富裕后，服务行业比如教育，医疗，银行等的重要性比能源消耗行业例如钢铁生产高了。这个转变会使碳排放对经济的比例降低，因此社会变富裕，碳排放总量会降低。
The editorial's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds? 削弱
(A) It confuses absolute decline with relative decline with respect to a growing quantity 把相对降低和总量搞混了，正确
(B) It takes for granted that growth in the services sector of a society's economy inevitably causes that society to grow richer. 社会服务必然导致社会富裕，无关
(C) It overlooks the possibility that there may be an observable correlation between two phenomena even if neither phenomenon causally contributes to the other. 两个现象没有因果关系却又联系，无关
(D) If fails to adequately address the possibility that energy-intensive activities such as steel production tend to become more energy efficient as societies grow richer.
能源消耗行业可能会随着社会富裕变得高能源效率，是加强
(E) It confuses a claim about carbon emissions with a claim about dollars of economic production 无关