标题: 请教大全-11-16,大全-11-20 [打印本页] 作者: joywzy 时间: 2003-4-23 19:55 标题: 请教大全-11-16,大全-11-20 16. George Bernard Shaw wrote: " That any sane nation, having observed that you could provide for the supply of bread by giving bakers a pecuniary interest in baking for you, should go on to give a surgeon a pecuniary interest in cutting off your leg is enough to make one despair of political humanity."
Shaw's statement would best serve as an illustration in an argument criticizing which of the following? (A) Dentists who perform unnecessary dental work in order to earn a profit (B) Doctors who increase their profits by specializ- ing only in diseases that affect a large per- centage of the population (C) Grocers who raise the price of food in order to increase their profit margins (D) Oil companies that decrease the price of their oil in order to increase their market share (E) Bakers and surgeons who earn a profit by sup- plying other peoples' basic needs
这题目是讲什么意思啊？我完全晕了。意思不明白，也不明白思路如何。
20. Despite the approach of winter, oil prices to indus- trial customers are exceptionally low this year and likely to remain so. Therefore, unless the winter is especially severe, the price of natural gas to indus- trial customers is also likely to remain low.
Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the conclusion above? (A) Long-term weather forecasts predict a mild winter. (B) The industrial users who consume most natural gas can quickly and cheaply switch to using oil instead. (C) The largest sources of supply for both oil and natural gas are in subtropical regions unlikely to be affected by winter weather. (D) The fuel requirements of industrial users of nat- ural gas are not seriously affected by the weather. (E) Oil distribution is more likely to be affected by severe winter weather than is the distribution of natural gas.
答案：B，我选E，不明白思路如何？
unless the winter isespecially severe, the price of natural gas to indus- trial customers is also likely to remain low 能否翻译一下确切意思？
谢谢。
作者: shany 时间: 2003-4-23 21:34
1.国家允许外科医生通过切除手术获取利润，这个事实本身并没有问题，但作者却认为足以使人对政治性的人道感到绝望，说明针对的是一种非正常的情况。A就是一个极端的例子。 2.〉unless the winter isespecially severe, the price of natural gas to indus- trial customers is also likely to remain low。 除非冬天特别严寒，天然气价格也可能保持较低。题干从油价跳到天然气，肯定这二者有关联。B提供解释性的加强，说明两者价格可相互影响。E必错， 因为severe winter weather 的情况已经在结论中排除，是无关选项。作者: joywzy 时间: 2003-4-23 23:30
shany,
T2中，B提供的解释怎么就加强结论了呢？
谢谢。作者: shany 时间: 2003-4-25 03:50
B means that the industrial users do not have to spend a high extra fee to switch between different fuels.So, when the oil price is low, it is lucrative for them to use oil, and thus the damand for gas would remain low.作者: ghgriffin 时间: 2009-5-3 23:41
这道题到底和political有什么关系呢？