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115. School superintendent: It is a sad fact that, until now, entry into the academically best high school in our district has been restricted to the children of people who were wealthy enough to pay the high tuition. Parents who were previously denied the option of sending their children to this school now have the option, since I am replacing the tuition requirement with a requirement that allows only those who live in the neighborhood of the school to attend.

The superintendent’s claim about the effect of replacing the tuition requirement relies on the assumption that

(A) the residents of the school’s neighborhood tent to be wealthy

(B) people other than those wealthy enough to have paid the old tuition are able to live in the neighborhood of the school

(C) people less wealthy than those who were able to pay the old tuition are in the majority in the district

(D) there are no high schools in the district other than the one referred to by the superintendent

(E) there are many people not wealthy enough to have paid the old tuition who wish to have their children attend the school


答案B；


题目：只允许交得起学费的富人进好学校是个坏事情；现在这个禁令被破除了，没钱的人也可以把孩子送进好学校了，所以，我要把学费改为只有周围的人才能上我们的学校。


B： 那些交不起费学的人可以住在我们学校周围。


把B和题目结合起来，会得出：交不起学费的人以前不可能把孩子送进我们学校读书，原因是有禁令在；现在解除了，我要让周围的人都能上学，而不让其他地方有钱的人来上学。当然前提是这些没钱的人也可以住在我的周围，否则找不到生源。（郁闷：题目最后那句话，到底是什么意图？superintendent为什么要这样做，目的何在？）

谢谢Dansy和Freedownload。过了几天，我再来看这个题，突然间明白了。此题问措施办法的假设，也即：（1）措施可行；（2）措施可以达目的。

我以前一直在想这个校长是不是发慈悲之心，一心要让穷人的孩子也来上自己的学校？或者还是出于对本校学费收支平衡的考虑。等等。。。陷入郁闷之中。

应验了一句话：题目说了什么就是什么，不要再想太多背后的意思。