Smithtown University’s fund-raisers succeeded in getting donations from 80 percent of the potential donors they contacted. This success rate, exceptionally high for university fund-raisers, does not indicate that they were doing a good job. On the contrary, since the people most likely to donate are those who have donated in the past, good fund-raisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base. The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort.
Which of the following, if true, provides more support for the argument?
A. Smithtown University’s fund-raisers were successful in their contacts with potential donors who had never given before about as frequently as were fund-raisers for other universities in their contacts with such people. B. This year the average size of the donations to Smithtown University from new donors when the university’s fund-raisers had contacted was larger than the average size of donations from donors who had given to the university before. C. This year most of the donations that came to Smithtown University from people who had previously donated to it were made without the university’s fund-raisers having made any contact with the donors. D. The majority of the donations that fund-raisers succeeded in getting for Smithtown University this year were from donors who had never given to the university before. E. More than half of the money raised by Smithtown University’s fund-raisers came from donors who had never previously donated to the university.
其实我们在纠结选项的时候忘记了题目中说的那句".....getting donations from 80 percent of the potential donors they contacted. This success rate, exceptionally high for university fund-raisers, does not indicate that they were doing a good job. "
楼上A项意思理解错了。A项讲这所Smithtown大学的资金募集人联络那些以前从未捐过款的人成功获得捐款时的频率和其他大学募集人成功获得捐款的频率是一样的。A暗指了Smithtown大学募集人联络的是那些以前捐过款但是却没捐给Smithtown大学的人，而原文中评价good fund-raisers的标准是找那些比较不可能捐款的人，BDE选项都符合，因为这些选项中的捐款人以前从未给任何一所大学捐过款（donate to university），相比之下，A中的捐款人就比较显得更容易被说服捐款，因为他们也都捐款给其他学校。
首先我们来看题干中的重点句子：
good fund-raisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base.
这句话是说good fund-raisers的标准是他们经常尝试去联系那些less-likely prospects的捐款者以扩大捐赠的基础
而A选项说，Smithtown University’s fund-raisers were successful （ in their contacts with potential donors who had never given before about ）as frequently as were fund-raisers for other universities in their contacts with such people.
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发表于 2011-10-2 19:57:45
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