Airport official: Local residents have been complaining that night fights into Plainsville airport disturb their sleep and should be sharply reduced in number. This complaint is completely unreasonable—there have been night flights coming into the airport from the very beginning, twenty years ago, and these residents should have taken that fact into account when buying their homes.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the airport argument depends?
Prep2012-Pack1-CR-018 VCR014017 Easy Airport official: Local residents have been complaining that night fights into Plainsville airport disturb their sleep and should be sharply reduced in number. This complaint is completely unreasonable—there have been night flights coming into the airport from the very beginning, twenty years ago, and these residents should have taken that fact into account when buying their homes.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the airport argument depends?
A. There are fewer night flights now than there were originally. B. The residents who are complaining have been in their current homes fewer than twenty years. C. The residents who are complaining are ignoring the benefits they gain from the presence of the airport. D. The economic success of the airport depends entirely on the existence of the night flights. E. People buying houses in Plainville all avoid buying houses near the airport if they can.
B项的意思应该是那些抱怨的人应该在近20年之内才住过来的,因为……twenty years ago, and these residents should have taken that fact into account when buying their homes. 这是Airport official的argument,就是机场建成先于那些居民搬来,那他们早就应该考虑到机场的影响。 取非:那些人在20年或20年之前就住这儿,要么就是居民搬来先于机场建成,要么居民搬来和机场建成同时完成,居民都无法知道机场的影响,所以削弱。
题干逻辑链:airport反对抱怨者对night flights的抱怨 because anyone who cant bear that should not buy the house near the airport (There have been night flights here since 20 years ago) 这里的assumption 很明显就是 airport 方面认为 nightflights 先于居民住这里 居民既然选择住这里就不该抱怨 至于E 可以说这是另外一种形式的out of scope 因为对象已经转移了 由居住在附近的居民转移到了Plainsville的居民