[逻辑小分队] OG 13 CR strength 题型19 67 102 111题！

19. A major network newsorganization experienced a drop in viewership in the week following the airingof a controversial report on the economy. The network also received a verylarge number of complaints regarding the report. The network, however,maintains that negative reactions to the report had nothing to do with its lossof viewers.

Which of the following, iftrue, most strongly supports the network’s position?

(A) The other major networknews organizations reported similar reductions in viewership during the sameweek.

(B) The viewers whoregistered complaints with the network were regular viewers of the newsorganization’s programs.

(C) Major network newsorganizations publicly attribute drops in viewership to their own reports onlywhen they receive complaints about those reports.

(D) This was not the firsttime that this network news organization has aired a controversial report onthe economy that has inspired viewers to complain to the network.

(E) Most network newsviewers rely on network news broadcasts as their primary source of informationregarding the economy.

答案是a， 可以解释下b 嘛？ og 解释是If anything, this statement tends to undermine the network’s claim,because it suggests that the report offended people who otherwise might havecontinued to watch the organization’s programming. 为什么会是undermine？ 还是不理解。

67. Several industries haverecently switched at least partly from older technologies powered by fossilfuels to new technologies powered by electricity. It is thus evident that lessfossil fuel is being used as a result of the operations of these industriesthan would have been used if these industries had retained their oldertechnologies.

Which of thefollowing, if true, most strengthens the argument above?

(A) Many of the industriesthat have switched at least partly to the new technologies have increased theiroutput.

(B) Less fossil fuel wasused to manufacture the machinery employed in the new technologies than wasoriginally used to manufacture the machinery employed in the oldertechnologies.

(C) More electricity is usedby those industries that have switched at least partly to the new technologiesthan by those industries that have not switched.

(D) Some of the industriesthat have switched at least partly to the new technologies still use primarilytechnologies that are powered by fossil fuels.

(E) The amount of fossilfuel used to generate the electricity needed to power the new technologies isless than the amount that would have been used to power the older technologies.

102. One way to judge theperformance of a company is to compare it with other companies. This technique,commonly called “benchmarking,” permits the manager of a company to discoverbetter industrial practices and can provide a justification for the adoption ofgood practices.

Any of the following, iftrue, is a valid reason for benchmarking the performance of a company againstcompanies with which it is not in competition rather than against competitorsEXCEPT:

(A) Comparisons withcompetitors are most likely to focus on practices that the manager making thecomparisons already employs.

(B) Getting “inside”information about the unique practices of competitors is particularlydifficult.

(C) Since companies thatcompete with each other are likely to have comparable levels of efficiency,only benchmarking against noncompetitors is likely to reveal practices thatwould aid in beating competitors.

(D) Managers are generallymore receptive to new ideas that they find outside their own industry.

(E) Much of the success ofgood companies is due to their adoption of practices that take advantage of thespecial circumstances of their products or markets.

111. Springfield FireCommissioner: The vast majority of false fire alarms are prank calls madeanonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtually everyonehas access to a private telephone, these alarm boxes have outlived theirusefulness. Therefore, we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes willreduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report afire.

Which of thefollowing, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, ifcarried out, will have the announced effect?

(A) The fire departmenttraces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they camefrom.

(B) Maintaining the firealarm boxes costs Springfield approximately $5 million annually.

(C) A telephone call canprovide the fire department with more information about the nature and size ofa fire than can an alarm placed from an alarm box.

(D) Responding to false alarmssignificantly reduces the fire department’s capacity for responding to fires.

(E) On any given day, asignificant percentage of the public telephones in Springfield are out ofservice.

答案是a。为什么c和d不对？？？