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Although custom prosthetic bone replacements produced through a new computer-aided design process will cost more than twice as much as ordinary replacements,custom replacements should still be cost-effective.Not only will surgery and recovery time be reduced, but custom replacements should last longer, thereby reducing the need for further hopital stays.

Answer is

C the degree to which the use of custom replacements is likely to reduce the need for repeat surgery when compared with the use of ordinary replacements.

to which...  是个定语从句修饰 the degree,  which 指代 THE DEGREE, 到达什么样的程度.

利用假肢达到的一种程度. 

我选了E, 我觉得可能和B的错误原因差不多。

OG的解释是说：

题目讨论的是 现在----current moment，custom replacement 的 cost-effectiveness 有效性的问题。

而B 中说 (原来)因为新技术，produce custom replacements的价格下降了。

E说 用新技术produce custom replacements价格将会下降多少。

两个选项都在时间上无关，而且都没有涉及 effctiveness有效性的问题。

不知道我理解的对不对，请牛牛指点。

把题目补充完整

108  Although custom prosthetic bone replacements produced through a new computer-aided design process will cost more than twice as much as ordinary replacements, custom replacements should still be cost-effective. Not only will surgery and recovery time be reduced, but custom replacements should last longer, thereby reducing the need for further hospital stays.

Which of the following must be studied in order to evaluate the argument presented above?

(A) The amount of time a patient spends in surgery versus the amount of time spent recovering from surgery

(B) The amount by which the cost of producing custom replacements has declined with the introduction of the new technique for producing them

(C) The degree to which the use of custom replacements is likely to reduce the need for repeat surgery when compared with the use of ordinary replacements

(D) The degree to which custom replacements produced with the new technique are more carefully manufactured than are ordinary replacements

(E) The amount by which custom replacements produced with the new technique will drop in cost as the production procedures become standardized and applicable on a larger scale