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以下是引用bejiao在2003-10-11 19:53:00的发言：
16. The recent upheaval in the office-equipment retail business, in which many small firms have gone out of business, has been attributed to the advent of office equipment “superstores” whose high sales volume keeps their prices low. This analysis is flawed, however, since even today the superstores control a very small share of the retail market.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken
the argument that the analysis is flawed?
(A) Most of the larger customers for office
   equipment purchase under contract directly
   from manufacturers and thus do not participate
   in the retail market.
(B) The superstores’ heavy advertising of their low
   prices has forced prices down throughout the
   retail market for office supplies.这道题的答案是B，但是我觉得B并没有反对the argument that the analysis is flawed。
只是加强了前半部分的论述。但是其他的选项应该也都不对。请指教阿

想再請教各位MM,為何A不行??我覺得A是他因導致analysis flaw的論述結果,那不就是weaken了analysis flaw了嗎??為何不對?謝謝.

analysis是如何分析many small firms have gone out of business的呢？是price；price怎么了呢？the advent of superstores导致了price low，这其中突出了“以价格为武器”的概念。

把问题转换一下，就是support that the analysis is right；A有理，但不是原题里面的理；B中体现了原题的思路。

补充一句，A 选项没说是买superstore时才directly from manufacturers 而是说买office equipment 那岂不是说不管买的是哪种equipment都直接从厂家买，大家都一样了，自然市场份额不会变化太大，所以没有起到削弱作用。

我常犯這種毛病...想請教是否有這種做題技巧??當文章分前後轉折.前面論述而後面反對,題目問削弱後者時,我是不是可以不管後面反對的內容,直接去找支持前面論述的答案就好了呢??謝謝!!

(B) The superstores’ heavy advertising of their low prices has forced prices down throughout the retail market for office supplies.

B选项weaken的应该是这句话啊：has been attributed to the advent of office equipment “superstores” whose high sales volume keeps their prices low.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument that the analysis is flawed?

flaw是因为small share of the retail market，削弱了文中的“high sales volume -----> their prices low”。即削弱了their prices low。

要反对flaw，则支持their prices low，来支持它所推出的的结论：many small firms have gone out of business

文中用了他因来支持their prices low，即B中The superstores’ heavy advertising of their low prices ----->prices down throughout the retail market for office supplies.

This analysis is flawed, however, since even today the superstores control a very small share of the retail market.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument that the analysis is flawed?

(D) Most of the office equipment superstores are owned by large retailing chains that also own stores selling other types of goods.

题目问的是，如何能weaken “This analysis is flawed”这一论点，作者认为analysis is flawed的理由是 the superstores control a very small share of the retail market.
D说明，虽然，superstore只control a very small share of the retail market，但是它实际被一些大的连锁店掌控~~

这道题说的是：办公用品市场的大动荡是由于那些superstores 的低价战略引起的。作者认为这种归因是错误的，因为那些superstores所销售的办公用品占市场的份额很小。

选择反对作者分析错误的选项，就是赞同题干--办公用品市场的大动荡是由于那些superstores 的低价战略引起的

analysis的逻辑链是这样的：superstores的销售量很大————superstores的价格很低————（引发价格战，导致其他公司利润降低）造成其他小公司倒闭

指出analysis有flaw的逻辑链是这样的：superstores的零售市场份额很低————(superstores的销售量不是很大）————analysis论证的前提不存在————所以有flaw。

现在题干要我们找出weaken the argument that the analysis is flawed的论据，那么也就是能够weaken“superstores的零售市场份额很低”的观点的论据。仔细看看A选项就发现了下面的逻辑链：

大多数大客户不通过零售市场买office equipment，而是直接和厂家签合同 + superstores也是office equipment————大多数大客户购买superstores的方法也是直接和厂家签合同————“superstores的零售市场份额很低”并不能推出“superstores的销售量不是很大”的结论————analysis其实没有flaw。

选择B其实有点像自说自话，王顾左右而言他，人家攻击你的论据A有flaw，最直接的回应就应该是去defend论据A，而不是把论据B再加强一下，何况论据B的成立还是建立在论据A的基础上的。

16. The recent upheaval in the office-equipment retail business, in which many small firms have gone out of business, has been attributed to the advent of office equipment “superstores” whose high sales volume keeps their prices low. This analysis is flawed, however, since even today the superstores control a very small share of the retail market.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken
the argument that the analysis is flawed?
(A) Most of the larger customers for office
equipment purchase under contract directly
from manufacturers and thus do not participate
in the retail market.
(B) The superstores’ heavy advertising of their low
prices has forced prices down throughout the
retail market for office supplies.
(C) Some of the superstores that only recently
opened have themselves gone out of business.
(D) Most of the office equipment superstores are
owned by large retailing chains that also own
stores selling other types of goods.
(E) The growing importance of computers in most
offices has changed the kind of office
equipment retailers must stock.
这道题的答案是B，但是我觉得B并没有反对the argument that the analysis is flawed。
只是加强了前半部分的论述。但是其他的选项应该也都不对。请指教阿

-- by 会员 bejiao (2003/10/11 19:53:00)