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作者: time 时间: 2005-12-23 19:06
标题: 请教了一个剑桥博士GWD-12-11

Q11:

In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.

During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.

Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.

Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.

During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.

Answer

E The argument says that teaching jobs will be safe in future recessions. I.e. contrasting the last recession when schools were cut. But what has changed? The new law has brought a new situation: no cuts. So the passage of the law guarantees no cuts in teachers or schools.

作者: endless_tao 时间: 2005-12-25 06:45

LZ说说这是个什么方面的博士啊？

偶不太看好这个选项。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-12-25 6:45:35编辑过]

作者: bbhusky 时间: 2006-1-1 02:24

i disagree. the thing E is trying to contrast out is already stated in the first sentence:

In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations.

i guess the only option that's in the scope and positive (obscure though) is B.

just a thought...

作者: 阿土莎莎 时间: 2007-11-24 13:50

作者: prayer 时间: 2007-11-25 19:52

这个博士学的是中国古代文学。

1，gmat逻辑里不能用过去推出将来。

2，permanently closed a number of the schools 跟老师not reduce the availability of teaching jobs 无关

答案是c，行情好的时候，有25%这么多学生去私立学校，行情不好了，大家都没钱，你还去私利学校么？no，去公立学校，ok，学生多了，ratio不变，所以老师的工作是increase，not reduce。

人家是usa，有钱没钱都要去上学的，中国没钱就回家挑大粪种地去了。

作者: yayaangel 时间: 2007-11-25 22:40
不赞成这个博士的说法，E 选项无关，不能用过去推断将来，赞成楼上说的。

作者: keepdreaming 时间: 2009-10-17 15:22
可怜的博士,选的答案居然错的这么明显

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