新东方逻辑绿皮书P44 Q119,Q41

Q 119

which of the following most logically completes the argument?

Yorco and Zortech are two corporations that employ large numbers of full-time workers who are paid by the hour. Publicly available records indicate that Yorco employs roughly the same number of such hourly wage workers as Zortech does but spends a far higher total sum per year on wages for such workers.Therefore, hourly wages must be higher, on average, at Yorco than at Zortech, since____

A. Zortech spends a higher total sum per year than Yorco does to provide its hourly wage workers with benefits other than wages

B. the work performed by hourl wage workers at Zortech does not require a significantly higher level of skill than the work performed by hourly wage workers at Yorco does

C. the proportion of all company employees who are hourly wage workers is significantly greater at Yorco than it is at Zortech

D. overtime work, which is paid at a substantially higher rate than work done during the regular work week, is rare at both Yorco and Zortech

E. the highest hourl wages paid at Yorco are higher than the highest hourly wages paid at Zortech

Why D? I chose B. Please help to explain.

Q41.

Advertiser: The revenue that newspapers and magazines earn by publishing advertisements allows publishers to keep the prices per copy of their publications much lower than would otherwise be possible. Therefore, consumers benefit economically from advertising.

Consumers: But who pays for fthe advertising that pays for low-priced newspapaers and magazines? We consumers do, because advertises pass along advertising costs to us through the higher prices they charge for their products.

Which of the following best describes how the consumers counters the advertiser's argument?

A. By alleging something that, if true, would weaken the plausibility of the advertiser's conclusion

B. By questioning the truth of the purportedly factual statement on which the advertiser's conclusion is based

C. By offering an interpretation of the advertiser's opening statement that, if accurate, shows that there is an implicit contradiction in it

D. By pointing out that the advertiser's point of view is biased

E. By arguing thast the advertiser too narrowl restricts the discussion to the effects of advertising that are economic

Why A? I chose B

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问题说,两个公司的钟点工人数一样,但是Y比Z付的工资总额多.结论是Y付的钟点工资多.since后面其实是假设.即必要条件.D说明,并不是因为Y付的加工费高.那么就支持了结论.B无关的.overtime pay 和平时的钟点工资不一样

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consumer weaken advertiser  指出最终还是消费者花的钱.如果 消费者说的是对的,当然可以削弱因为削弱了广告商的结论,即为消费者省钱. B,你可能把消费者的反问句理解错了,并不是question, 而且,广告商的base是因为加了广告,从而减低了报刊杂志的价格.

以上是我的理解