16. In a political system with only two major parties, the entrance of a third-party candidate into an election race damages the chances of only one of the two major candidates. The third-party candidate always attracts some of the voters who might otherwise have voted for one of the two major candidates, but not voters who support the other candidate. Since a third-party candidacy affects the two major candidates unequally, for reasons neither of them has any control over, the practice is unfair and should not be allowed. If the factual information in the passage above is true, which of the following can be most reliably inferred from it? (A) If the political platform of the third party is a compromise position between that of the two major parties, the third party will draw its voters equally from the two major parties. (B) If, before the emergence of a third party, voters were divided equally between the two major parties, neither of the major parties is likely to capture much more than one-half of the vote. (C) A third-party candidate will not capture the votes of new voters who have never voted for candidates of either of the two major parties. (D) The political stance of a third party will be more radical than that of either of the two major parties. (E) The founders of a third party are likely to be a coalition consisting of former leaders of the two major parties. 作者: 2008115061 时间: 2010-7-13 19:53
呵呵 是B哈哈。 我是这样想的： 第三PARTY的加入---》会拉走其中一个P的选票。 原来两P各有一半的票（voters were divided equally between the two major parties），其中一方的部分票会被吸引到入侵者的手里，那么结果就是一个party有一半的票，一个少于一半，因此没有major party会有一般以上的票。 至于C，这个new voter是从来没投过任何票的人，和原文中其他党派的voter不是一类人。所以，呵呵~