13确实对某些homeowener会比对另一些homeowners好处大一些呀。文章里也说了呀，有人每年就交914，隔壁邻居一样的房子要交2000多。With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years); and if your neighbor bought an identical house next door to you for $200,000 this year, his tax would be $2,000 (1 percent of $200,000). Without Proposition 13, both you and your neighbor would pay $6,000 a year in property taxes (3 percent of $200,000).
Which of the following is the conclusion for which the author most likely is arguing in the passage above?
(A) Proposition 13 is unconstitutional because it imposes an unequal tax on properties of equal value.
(B) If Proposition 13 is repealed, every homeowner is likely to experience a substantial increase in property taxes.
(C) By preventing inflation from driving up property values, Proposition 13 has saved homeowners thousands of dollars in property taxes.
(D) If Proposition 13 is not repealed, identical properties will continue to be taxed at different rates.
(E) Proposition 13 has benefited some homeowners more than others.
i think the answer is B. FROM THE PASSAGE, WE MAY,AT FIRST, CONCLUDE THAT THE author want to say something good about the proposition 13, so we can eliminate A and D.what c says has not be metioned in the passage .Though proposition 13 benifits the owners of real property, but it doesn't mean that proposition has done more than others,so e is not the answer.
so the answer is b.
I think it's C.
identical house 11 years was 75k, now it's 200k, that's inflation, decrease of purchasing power.
other choices don't hold, they are assumptions, right or wrong.
try to explain more:
A, irrelevent.
B. every? no, not new owner.
D. identical property, different rate? not necessarily.
E. P13 doesn't discreminate among owners, it depends on purchasing time.
why don't I choose B?
B sounds reasonable, without P13, tax will be collected by the formula:
present value of the property * present tax rate.
it's possible owners pay more tax. but if house market goes down or tax rate goes down, it's possible too owners pay less tax. so I don't think every is likely to pay more.
COWS, show me!
i think the answer is B. FROM THE PASSAGE, WE MAY,AT FIRST, CONCLUDE THAT THE author want to say something good about the proposition 13, so we can eliminate A and D.what c says has not be metioned in the passage .Though proposition 13 benifits the owners of real property, but it doesn't mean that proposition has done more than others,so e is not the answer.
so the answer is b.
B
明明是B, 糊涂. 1%, %3搞反了.
C: by preventing ... drving up value, -> wrong.
B
为什么？
明明是B, 糊涂. 1%, %3搞反了.
C: by preventing ... drving up value, -> wrong.
“1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years”
some background information on Proposition 13:
http://g-blog.net/user/terpsichoros/2004-05-11
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/prop13/story/6777587p-7728362c.html
it's a long-debated proposition, I think this question is rather ambiguous, as we can not really derive from the passage what the author is really arguing about. because we can not be sure whether the author is placing emphasis on "equality" or "substantial tax increase", in other word, the author can be either 'YESing' the proposition, or 'NOing" it.
I doubt the completeness of the passage.
sorry, 昨天晕了, 搅乱了局势, 弥补一下.
基本大多数COWS选B, 其实本题比较明显.
假设11年前盖了几所一摸一样的房子, 中间有的转过手. 税是这么收的.(没看背景材料)
with P13: 第一年底, 最近一次成交价 * %1, 其后每年涨%2(inflation), 就是乘1.02, 这样, 11年后, 今年底, 750 * 1.02 ^ 10 = 914.
2000的房子, 今年底就是1%. 最多2000
without P13: 每年都是当年的市场价(即使不买卖) * 3%, 如果inflate, 就会涨. 现在人人都要交6000
这么看, 只有B.
D说identical properties WILL ... 是不一定的, 要视房子的买卖情况而定. 而且我同意本文是说P13好话的, 因为对象是房主(both you would pay 6000), 除非房子大跌价, 否则3%的税, %1每年涨%2要50年.
所以是B吧. (即使标准答案是D, 凭我们的能力也是能说服自己的, OVER)
17. With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years); and if your neighbor bought an identical house next door to you for $200,000 this year, his tax would be $2,000 (1 percent of $200,000). Without Proposition 13, both you and your neighbor would pay $6,000 a year in property taxes (3 percent of $200,000).
Which of the following is the conclusion for which the author most likely is arguing in the passage above?
(A) Proposition 13 is unconstitutional because it imposes an unequal tax on properties of equal value.
(B) If Proposition 13 is repealed, every homeowner is likely to experience a substantial increase in property taxes.
(C) By preventing inflation from driving up property values, Proposition 13 has saved homeowners thousands of dollars in property taxes.
(D) If Proposition 13 is not repealed, identical properties will continue to be taxed at different rates.（B）
(E) Proposition 13 has benefited some homeowners more than others.
B肯定是对的，而且非常明显，考试的时候肯定会选它。但是因为是学习，我想还是把所有的问题都搞清。我觉得D和E也没什么错。
D:如果P13不废除的话，确实identical properties会被征不同的税率呀。文章里已经据了个例子了。
E13确实对某些homeowener会比对另一些homeowners好处大一些呀。文章里也说了呀，有人每年就交914，隔壁邻居一样的房子要交2000多。
但是如果是从去领会作者意图的角度出发（就像去领会领导意思，不能只看事实而已），B肯定是最好的。不知道是不是从这个角度考虑。：）
多谢指教！
我在B和E间想了半天,结果还是选了E...倒霉
但后来想想B似乎从文章的递近形式推理更有道理..
大家不要忘了题目问的是：Which of the following is the conclusion for which the author most likely is arguing in the passage above?
d中的 will continue to和 e中的 has benefited 显然说明Proposition 13现在已经在实施，而题目中并没有相关说明到底Proposition 13是已经在实施还是只是在讨论中。
如果不从这里看，b.d.e好像都说得过去
B不对。错在every.
B选项有个假设，就是所有的房产都是升值的。而从文中并得不到这样的信息（文中说的是个案）。如果我去年20万买的房子，今年只值15万，那B还对吗？所以要把every改为some指升值的房产。
同理，D也应该加some.
似乎只有E是正确答案。
虽然想的多了些，但觉得这样要严谨一些。
With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years); and if your neighbor bought an identical house next door to you for $200,000 this year, his tax would be $2,000 (1 percent of $200,000). Without Proposition 13, both you and your neighbor would pay $6,000 a year in property taxes (3 percent of $200,000).
Which of the following is the conclusion for which the author most likely is arguing in the passage above?
(A) Proposition 13 is unconstitutional because it imposes an unequal tax on properties of equal value.
(B) If Proposition 13 is repealed, every homeowner is likely to experience a substantial increase in property taxes.
(C) By preventing inflation from driving up property values, Proposition 13 has saved homeowners thousands of dollars in property taxes.
(D) If Proposition 13 is not repealed, identical properties will continue to be taxed at different rates.
(E) Proposition 13 has benefited some homeowners more than others.
仔细看文章，其实tax rate是一样的，最终的tax不同是因为由于inflation……房价变了啊。那么就不存在D得税率不同；A就错了。同样的，因为房价不一样嘛，E说有利没利肯定没有道理啊
我也是这么理解的．．．．在xdf上了真的感觉美国人数学比较差～so想都没想就选b了
一年过去了。
我的拙见：
正选应该是E，考虑本文为什么要举两个虚拟的例子，如果没有这两个的对比也许就没有必要举着两个例子。同时E也是最不绝对的一个，把E中的P13换成任何一样东西，几乎都可以用，因为只要有一个例外，一个benefit有一秒钟不一致就能成立。
A 文中看不出来，因为identical house并不见得就有equal value，新老房主买房子的价格不同，所以不是equal value。
B 不对，因为从给出的信息我们只能判定第一年的时候又一个substantial increase，但是过了一年以后的情况就不一样了，因为第二年就已经上升到了3%，第三年就是5%，再加上房子现价还会变，情况很复杂。所以不能推出对everyone都有一个增长。
C 没有提到inflation，CR的逻辑都是一步式逻辑，如果考虑太多反而会错。从那些括号里的内容就已经可以看出出题人是把我们都当成傻瓜处理的，所以不要太聪明反而错。inflation没有，prevent inflation就更无从谈起。
D 这个选项我误选了。关键是没有看清楚，他说得是rate，在P13下也是一样的rate呀，第一年1%，以后每年+2%，所以不存在费率不一样的问题。同时两个例子是虚举，如果是同时买的就是完全相同的rate，无法以偏概全。
一年过去了。
我的拙见：
正选应该是E，考虑本文为什么要举两个虚拟的例子，如果没有这两个的对比也许就没有必要举着两个例子。同时E也是最不绝对的一个，把E中的P13换成任何一样东西，几乎都可以用，因为只要有一个例外，一个benefit有一秒钟不一致就能成立。
A 文中看不出来，因为identical house并不见得就有equal value，新老房主买房子的价格不同，所以不是equal value。
B 不对，因为从给出的信息我们只能判定第一年的时候又一个substantial increase，但是过了一年以后的情况就不一样了，因为第二年就已经上升到了3%，第三年就是5%，再加上房子现价还会变，情况很复杂。所以不能推出对everyone都有一个增长。
C 没有提到inflation，CR的逻辑都是一步式逻辑，如果考虑太多反而会错。从那些括号里的内容就已经可以看出出题人是把我们都当成傻瓜处理的，所以不要太聪明反而错。inflation没有，prevent inflation就更无从谈起。
D 这个选项我误选了。关键是没有看清楚，他说得是rate，在P13下也是一样的rate呀，第一年1%，以后每年+2%，所以不存在费率不一样的问题。同时两个例子是虚举，如果是同时买的就是完全相同的rate，无法以偏概全。
还是没完全懂D的解释：我怎么觉得P13下的rate并不一样呢？第一年1%，以后以后每年+2%-----这是$75,000房主的，而同样的房子$200,000那个，只交1%，所以两者不一样。
也错了 做题时认为一定是说不同（E） 要不没必要说不同年不同房价的税
但现在想 之所以说不同年不同房价的税 意思是无论什么情况有P13－>省钱
最后一句Without Proposition 13, both you and your neighbor would pay。。。 没有P13->费钱
形成了P13和省钱的充要关系
conclusion找一个就是了,选B
是不是不能想的太复杂？因为都说GMAT考虑问题一般只在一个层面里，考虑太多反而多此一举？
还是死扣住most likely吧
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