Q29: Over the past five years, the price gap between name-brand cereals and less expensive store-brand cereals has become so wide that consumers have been switching increasingly to store brands despite the name brands’ reputation for better quality. To attract these consumers back, several manufacturers of name-brand cereals plan to narrow the price gap between their cereals and store brands to less than what it was five years ago.
Over the past five years, the price gap between name-brand cereals and less expensive store-brand cereals has become so wide that consumers have been switching increasingly to store brands despite the name brands’ reputation for better quality. To attract these consumers back, several manufacturers of name-brand cereals plan to narrow the price gap between their cereals and store brands to less than what it was five years ago.
Over the past five years, the price gap between name-brand cereals and less expensive store-brand cereals has become so wide that consumers have been switching increasingly to store brands despite the name brands’ reputation for better quality. To attract these consumers back, several manufacturers of name-brand cereals plan to narrow the price gap between their cereals and store brands to less than what it was five years ago.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the likelihood that the manufacturers’ plan will succeed in attracting back a large percentage of consumers who have switched to store brands?
参考答案是B,之前的讨论贴中很多大N都支持B,但我觉得B错,只有D对.
原文说:plan to narrow the price gap between their cereals and store brands to less than what it was five years ago. 由于D提供了一种可能:你降价我也降价,所以你无法把price gap缩小到比以前更小,原计划目标无法成功.
B无关,因为原文前提已经说了质量并非影响购买因素.
请大家讨论!
原文说:
the price gap between name-brand cereals and less expensive store-brand cereals has become so wide that consumers have been switching increasingly to store brands ,后面又说目标是plan to narrow the price gap between their cereals and store brands to less than what it was five years ago,只说到gap的扩大和缩小,没说到具体各自价格数是多少,MM说到doesn't indicate how much more expensive,这已经miss the point了呀.不管贵多少,只要gap能缩小就行了,至于这gap具体是多少数字,对gap能否缩小没影响.
另外MM对B的解释我看不太懂,不过好象没有说到关于gap的问题.
这里我觉得MM有一个想法就是:用你自己认为什么在影响购买力的常识去评估原文的计划,而不是就原文的计划本身可不可行进行评估.
版版能说说对B为何不对的看法吗?
我只能选自己觉得对的，没法说什么到底什么不对。只是读题目，看自己的自然逻辑。
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the likelihood that the manufacturers’ plan will succeed in attracting back a large percentage of consumers who have switched to store brands?
问题是问，下面那个咚咚如果是真的，那么生产商的计划很难实现 － 什么计划呢？大降价
D。Because of lower advertising costs, stores are able to offer their own brands of cereals at significantly lower prices than those charged for name-brand cereals.
因为成本问题，所以店牌子的咚咚成本非常低。
所以，生产商没法大杀价格。
所以，计划没法实现。
所以我才发贴请大家讨论呀.但是,GMAT考试时只有一个正确答案,考试时是没人跟我讨论的.我是想从考试时的角度出发,请大家看看错误选项它的什么地方必然站不住脚?
所以我才发贴请大家讨论呀.但是,GMAT考试时只有一个正确答案,考试时是没人跟我讨论的.我是想从考试时的角度出发,请大家看看错误选项它的什么地方必然站不住脚?
我的意思是说，OG上的肯定是真题，而且解释得透彻。GWD只是流传出来得东西，谁知道里面有几分是真货呢？
如果本身就是卖钱的东西，里面不是100％纯金也正常。如果本来就不是真货，没有真题严密是肯的。另外，OG里面的题目，虽然是经过很多推敲，在题目的严密程度上，也是有不同的。
我的建议就是不要把时间浪费在这里太多－不确定性因素比较大。
我的意思是说GWD只是流传出来得东西，谁知道里面有几分是真货呢？
如果本身就是卖钱的东西，里面不是100％纯金也正常。如果本来就不是真货，没有真题严密是肯的。
我的建议就是－不确定性因素比较大。
这回明白南瓜MM的话了.MM的话可以用来做gwd7-38:对来源的可靠性进行质疑.
谢谢lawyer的指导,我还是觉得D对,E错,分析附在上面,请指教!
1.既然store有这个能力降低价格，谁说name不能利用自己的名牌效应或财力等减低价格。但这些都只是猜测。关键是要读出D选项所说的STORE能够将价格明显低于NAME， 问题是低的程度如果和5年前一样，岂不是白说。
2。consumers have been switching increasingly to store brands despite the name brands’ reputation for better quality。根据原文的信息，决定购买的因素是价格和质量。
不管如何强调读懂原文及选项都是不为过的。
读懂不仅是指明白他们在讲什么，而是知道其中的逻辑关系
1.既然store有这个能力降低价格，谁说name不能利用自己的名牌效应或财力等减低价格。但这些都只是猜测。关键是要读出D选项所说的STORE能够将价格明显低于NAME， 问题是低的程度如果和5年前一样，岂不是白说。
不错,确实没说跟5年前比较的结果!从这点看D站不住脚,谢谢!
2。consumers have been switching increasingly to store brands despite the name brands’ reputation for better quality。根据原文的信息，决定购买的因素是价格和质量。
原来如此,明白了,谢谢!
不管如何强调读懂原文及选项都是不为过的。
读懂不仅是指明白他们在讲什么，而是知道其中的逻辑关系
感谢lawyer指导
,下月就考了,希望在大家的帮助下我的超弱的CR能提高!
不管如何强调读懂原文及选项都是不为过的。
读懂不仅是指明白他们在讲什么，而是知道其中的逻辑关系
经典！
My vote is B. The given differences between the two cereals (name-brand vs store-brand) are in the price and quality. If the quality is not an issue for the customers, as stated in B, the price gap as what was 5 years ago cannot make its objective happen: increase the sales.
D does not touch the core of the reasoning: the hidden assumption in the reasoning is that the original conditions warranting a price gap between the two cereals stay unchanged! B weakens this assumption and hence the original reasoning.
D中的be able to 表示有这个能力，但不一定真的去这样做，我听新东方网络课堂上好像听过这样的解释。
总之，祝大家都好运!
我不知道我的方法可不可取,但是我做题以后的感觉是,选项源于题目题目没出现的不要选,最忌讳的是过渡推倒,我做题的时候如果2选1,我会选B,哪怕我觉得D应该是正确的,因为B和原文连接的更紧密.
以上纯属个人感想请大家指教
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