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At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables.  However, many customers come to watch the celebrities who frequent the Hollywood, and they would prefer tall tables with stools because such seating would afford a better view of the celebrities.  Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables.  Therefore, if the Hollywood replaced some of its seating with high tables and stools, its profits would increase.

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available

(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals

(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering

(D) a restaurant's customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer

(E) with enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables

我选D, C选项怎么能与profit increase联系呢？请指教！

以前有人贴过这个：

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=24&ID=305435&page=5

初来乍到的，我说说自己的看法，Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables. 要告诉我们的是坐在高桌子上的客人逗留时间相对会短，那么时间一定的情况下，单批客人逗留时间越短，接纳批次就会增加，利润就会增加。题目最后问的是

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

就是说下面几句中有漏洞的，会让人误解的，看C答案，说H的客人会是逗留时间这个问题的例外，与原题目矛盾了，且不管原题目理论对错，结论就是如果原题目的结论是对的，那么C的例外就不会得到increase的结论。

   以上是个人看法，希望大家批评指正。

就是说下面几句中有漏洞的，会让人误解的，看C答案，说H的客人会是逗留时间这个问题的例外，与原题目矛盾了，且不管原题目理论对错，结论就是如果原题目的结论是对的，那么C的例外就不会得到increase的结论。

   以上是个人看法，希望大家批评指正。

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

就是说下面几句中有漏洞的，会让人误解的，看C答案，说H的客人会是逗留时间这个问题的例外，与原题目矛盾了，且不管原题目理论对错，结论就是如果原题目的结论是对的，那么C的例外就不会得到increase的结论。

   以上是个人看法，希望大家批评指正。

就是说下面几句中有漏洞的，会让人误解的，看C答案，说H的客人会是逗留时间这个问题的例外，与原题目矛盾了，且不管原题目理论对错，结论就是如果原题目的结论是对的，那么C的例外就不会得到increase的结论。

   以上是个人看法，希望大家批评指正。