Threelargecompaniesand seven small companies currently manufacture a product with potential military applications. If the government regulates the industry, it will institute a single set of manufacturing specifications to which all ten companies will have to adhere. In this case, therefore, since none of the seven small companies can afford to convert their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications, only the threelargecompanies will be able to remain in business.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the author’s argument relies?
A. None of the threelargecompanies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product.
B. It would cost more to convert the production lines of the small companies to a new set of manufacturing specifications than it would to convert the production lines of the largecompanies.
C. Industry lobbyists will be unable to dissuade the government from regulating the industry.
D. Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.
E. None of the seven small companies currently manufactures the product to a set of specifications that would match those the government would institute if the industry were to be regulated.
B是什么意思啊，是不是说明转换成Special 的费用大于 转换成大公司生产线的费用？ 如果这样想的话，小公司必然选择转换成大公司的生产线，这样7小就变7大了，达到大公司的规模，不也就能胜任special的要求了么？ （我理解成只要有production lines of the large company 的能力，像3大公司那样的规模，必然也就可以胜任special 的要求了）不知道这么想对不对？ 作者: jyw0411lsq 时间: 2011-2-13 13:29
自己给顶一下，希望有人回答下哈！作者: neverlandlin 时间: 2011-2-13 16:23
答案是啥啊，我选E
所以，还是选E，个人愚见，望NN们指教 作者: jyw0411lsq 时间: 2011-2-13 17:28
E is the right answer, but B is confused~作者: jyw0411lsq 时间: 2011-2-13 17:34
thxs! I 分析的很透彻了！作者: sdcar2010 时间: 2011-2-13 22:13
What the small companies could not afford is the cost of converting their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications. It has nothing to do with what their current manufacturing specifications are. Before the announcement of the final manufacturing specifications, no one knows for sure if the current specifications used by the small companies meet the standard.
From the stimulus, the author PRESUMED that the small companies have to convert their production line in order to meet the new manufacturing specification. That's why the author concluded that only the big companies can survive. What if the small companies have already met the new manufacture specification with their current production line? This will obliviate the need for such costly conversion for the small companies.作者: Kb24 时间: 2011-2-15 15:51
LS的说的很对啊。 答案是比较明显的。楼主的问题：B的意思是说小公司要转换生产线的成本比大公司要转换生产线的成本要高。楼主看错了句子结构了。所以B明显是错的作者: jyw0411lsq 时间: 2011-2-15 18:01
恩恩，这回懂了！
