22. GWD-18-Q38

A survey of entrepreneurs who started companies last year shows that while virtually all did substantial preparatory research and planning, only half used that work to produce a formal business plan.  Since, on average, the entrepreneurs without formal plans secured the capital they needed in half the time of those with plans, these survey results indicate that, in general, formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs who produced them to secure the capital they needed.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? D(C)

A.      Companies started by entrepreneurs who had used formal business plans to attract investment were on the whole as profitable in their first year as were companies started by entrepreneurs who had not produced such plans.

B.       In surveys of entrepreneurs who have attempted without success to raise sufficient capital, more than half of the respondents indicate that they have produced a formal business plan.

C.      Among the entrepreneurs surveyed, those who did not produce formal business plans sought and received a much larger proportion of their capital from investors with whom they had a long-standing business relationship.

D.      The entrepreneurs surveyed who did not produce a formal business plan spent nearly as much time doing preparatory research and planning as the entrepreneurs who produced plans.

E.       The entrepreneurs who produced business plans generally reported later that the process of writing the plan had increased their confidence that their company would succeed.

为什么D不对，为什么C对？

A: the entrepreneurs without formal plans secured the capital they needed in half the time of those with plans

B:formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs who produced them to secure the capital they needed

A-->B

C:直接对B说，其实不是formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs ，而是没有做formal business plans 的企业sought and received a much larger proportion of their capital from investors （than 。。。）

D：只能说明“没有做formal business plans 的企业secured the capital 跟做了formal business plans 可能一样快”，没有涉及A-->B

明白了，多谢多谢^^

恩，我的理解是：

A: the entrepreneurs without formal plans secured the capital they needed in half the time of those with plans

B:formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs who produced them to secure the capital they needed

A-->B

C:直接对B说，其实不是formal plans did not help the entrepreneurs ，而是没有做formal business plans 的企业sought and received a much larger proportion of their capital from investors （than 。。。）//给出了其他原因说明不做计划的公司的成功，即不是靠formal plans成功的，因此是加强结论。

D：只能说明“没有做formal business plans 的企业secured the capital 跟做了formal business plans 可能一样快”，没有涉及A-->B//说明事实上不做plan的公司也做了和plan类似的计划和准备，削弱了结论plan没有帮助公司获取资金。。。

错在什么地方呢？谢谢。

主观的解释一下：c的意思是说，做了formal business plans 的企业也可能取得了成功，但是因为没有做FBP的企业预先得到了优厚的资金，所以他们secured the capital they needed in half the time。

但是具体做了FBP的成功法与否，不管是从原文还是C中，我们都看不出来，我们之岛的只是两种企业的进度差别。而你的推理预先假设了做了FBP的没有成功。。。

我的理解是：原文推理链条为：没有做FBP的企业secured the capital they needed in half the time ===》FBP did not help ，这个推理链条本身是错误的，所以C的答案就是打断这个链条，说明没有做FBP的企业能快速得到资金是另有原因的，而不能以快速获得了资金这个事实来推出FBP did not help

正解！你的解释比我好呵呵

赞：），谢谢~