标题: [请教]陈向东逻辑假设 习题第47 [打印本页] 作者: sophialaw81 时间: 2012-7-30 23:10 标题: [请教]陈向东逻辑假设 习题第47 [请教]陈向东逻辑假设 习题第47 Exports of United Stateswood pulp will rise considerably during this year. The reason for the rise is that the falling value of the dollar will make it cheaper for paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe to buy American wood pulp than to get it from any other source. Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?
A.Factory output of paper products in Japan and Western Europe will increase sharply during this year.
B.The quality of the wood pulp produced in the United States would be adequate for the purposes of Japanese and Western European paper manufacturers.
C.Paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe would prefer to use wood pulp produced in the United States if cost were not a factor.
D.Demand for paper products made in Japan and Western Europe will not increase sharply during this year.
E.Production of wood pulp by United States companies will not increase sharply during this year.
(C) Paper manufacturers in Japan and Western Europe would NOTprefer to use wood pulp produced in the United States if cost were not a factor.
Well, okay. They wouldn't want to use U.S. wood pulp if cost weren't a factor; however, this argument says that cost is a factor. It is cheaper for the foreign countries to use U.S. wood pulp because the dollar is falling. In fact, the argument uses cost as a premise for why the U.S. export of wood pulp will rise. Thus, cost IS a factor. What they would prefer otherwise is irrelevant to this situation, and thus this answer does not destroy our conclusion.