GMAT&LSAT CR Test II-18th

Professor A: We must make a strong moral statement against Country X’s policies. Only total divestment—the sale of all stock in companies that have factories or business offices in X—can do this. Therefore, the university should divest totally.

Professor B: Our aim should be to encourage X to change its policies. Partial divestment is the best way to achieve this aim. Therefore, the university should sell its stock only in companies that either sell goods to X’s government, or do the majority of their business in X, or treat their workers in X unfairly.

18.   Which of the following, if true, would be evidence that the university would not be harmed economically if it followed Professor A’s recommendation.

(A) Very few of the companies in which the university owns stocks sell goods to X’s government.

(B) Most companies that have factories or business offices in X and in which the university owns stock actually do little of their business in X.

(C) Some companies that have factories or business offices in X and in which the university owns stock have instituted fair treatment policies for their workers in X at very little additional cost to the companies.

(D) The expected financial return to the university from stocks that the university could own under a policy of total divestment is approximately the same as the expected financial return from the same as the expected financial.

(E) If the university sold large blocks of stock under a policy of total divestment, the prices of the stocks of the companies whose stocks were sold would probably decrease somewhat.

答案：D。题目理解的不是特别明白，但是我从ProfessorA和ProfessorB两人关于方法上的区别上选了B选项。请牛牛指导下吧～

(A) Very few of the companies in which the university owns stocks sell goods to X’s government.

(B) Most companies that have factories or business offices in X and in which the university owns stock actually do little of their business in X.

(C) Some companies that have factories or business offices in X and in which the university owns stock have instituted fair treatment policies for their workers in X at very little additional cost to the companies.

(D) The expected financial return to the university from stocks that the university could own under a policy of total divestment is approximately the same as the expected financial return from the same as the expected financial.

(E) If the university sold large blocks of stock under a policy of total divestment, the prices of the stocks of the companies whose stocks were sold would probably decrease somewhat.

答案：D。题目理解的不是特别明白，但是我从ProfessorA和ProfessorB两人关于方法上的区别上选了B选项。请牛牛指导下吧～

原文大意：

Prof A goal =Completely Against X polices, ways to acheive = total divestment
Porf B goal = Encourage X to change policies = partial divestment.

题目问的是，满足什么条件，prof A的提案最可行而不会影响大学的利益？

这题我做的时候实在读不懂D的后半句，所幸还可以排除其他四个

B说，大多数prof A and B要抵制的公司，实际上在X只有少许业务。也就是说，profs的提案都无法达到他们的目的（抵制政府的政策），当然，可能会满足prof B的条件treat their workers in X unfairly。

D选项，我的理解是，全部卖掉公司股票的收入和预期收入差不多，也就不会影响大学的经济利益。

我发个帖子到语法区去问问怎么翻译?

我在UT Austin。咱们太远了。

恩，好的，呵呵。是有点远了。。。

谢谢你的分析，我才发现原来自己看错题目问题了，我原来没仔细看题目，看到harm和professorA's recommendation就错误的以为这道题问削弱A的成功性。B选项可以证明ProfessorA的策略不如ProfessorB好，但是并不能回答真正的问题ie.如何保证在抵制countryX的同时不让自己的回报受损。

谢谢提醒指教：）

我已经问了我的美国同学，他说the second " the same as" dosen't make sense.整句话的意思就是，the return from stocks is the same as the return that has expected.

和咱们理解的一样。不过，确实连美国人都感到疑惑。