885 test D 12 企业减少与污染

yzlinlin · 发表于 2003-11-4 05:52:00

Questions 12-13 are based on the following.
Since the passage of the state’s Clean Air Act ten years ago, the level of industrial pollutants in the air has fallen by an average of 18 percent. This suggests that the restrictions on industry embodied in the act have worked effectively. However, during the same period the state has also suffered through a period of economic decline. The number of businesses in the state has fallen by 10 percent, and the number of workers employed has fallen by 12 percent. It is probable that the business decline, rather than the regulations in the act, is responsible for at least half of the decline in the pollution.
12. Which of following is an assumption made in the passage above?
(A) Most businesses in the state have obeyed the regulations embodied in the Clean Air Act.
(B) The economic decline of the state can be attributed, in part, to the effects of the Clean Air Act.
(C) The amount of air pollution in a given area is likely to be proportional to the number of businesses and workers active in that area.
(D) The restrictions on business activity in other states are less stringent than are those embodied in the Clean Air Act.
(E) The Clean Air Act has been only very slightly successful in achieving the goal of reduced air pollution.

答案C，同意。

如果我把B选项改为:
The economic decline of the state and the decrease of the businesses can attribute, in part, to the decline in the pollution.

是否也对？

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kathy72 · 发表于 2003-11-4 10:25:00

你对B选项的改动, 可以看作支持原文结论的答案. 其实改动后基本等同于原文结论了. 但我不认为假设的选项会这样出. 因为假设一般是文章没有明确告诉你的, 是一个hiden premise.

dandan74 · 发表于 2003-11-4 14:12:00

我问一个问题：如果把B改为：
The economic decline of the state "cannot " be attributed to the effects of the Clean Air Act.
是不是可以成为正确答案呢？

kathy72 · 发表于 2003-11-4 14:47:00

我问一个问题：如果把B改为：
The economic decline of the state "cannot " be attributed to the effects of the Clean Air Act.
是不是可以成为正确答案呢？

the effects of the Clean Air Act.在这里不明确, 如果是污染减少的话, 改动后的B正好与答案相反. 而且, the Clean Air Act 是否可以带来减少污染的EFFECT, 正是文章争议的焦点. 我觉得改动后的答案还是不妥.

继续讨论....

dandan74 · 发表于 2003-11-4 15:10:00

不论the effects of the Clean Air Act是什莫，如果可以导致the economic decline再加上原题的premise不正可以说明可以减少污染马？

the effects of the Clean Air Act -> the economic decline -> decline of the pollution.
我的意思是说，原来的argument is based on an assumption that Clean Air act 不会导致 the economic decline从而间接的导致 decline of the pollution. 我记得考过类似的题。

八戒 · 发表于 2003-11-4 15:16:00

如果我把B选项改为:
The economic decline of the state and the decrease of the businesses can attribute, in part, to the decline in the pollution.

同意kathy72的分析，是一个支持选项，如果做assumption感觉不大妥当。

The economic decline of the state "cannot " be attributed to the effects of the Clean Air Act.
是不是可以成为正确答案呢？

这是无关选项吧！
原文中问的是：The economic decline of the state 和the decline in the pollution的关系！
并没有问The economic decline of the state 和the effects of the Clean Air Act的关系呀！

我想，如果改成：
The decline in the pollution"cannot " be attributed to the effects of the Clean Air Act
做为答案也许会更妥当一点！

八戒 · 发表于 2003-11-4 15:20:00

以下是引用dandan74在2003-11-4 15:10:00的发言：
不论the effects of the Clean Air Act是什莫，如果可以导致the economic decline再加上原题的premise不正可以说明可以减少污染马？

the effects of the Clean Air Act -> the economic decline -> decline of the pollution.
我的意思是说，原来的argument is based on an assumption that Clean Air act 不会导致 the economic decline从而间接的导致 decline of the pollution. 我记得考过类似的题。

原文中本来重点要说明的就是：the economic decline -> decline of the pollution
和前面的the effects of the Clean Air Act -> the economic decline 应该没有什么太直接的关系吧！
因为这两者本来就没有必然的联系呀！

你说的类似的题目是不是这样：
有一种X病，发现根源是Y，但近来又发现是有Z之后才有Y的！
所以应该是Z导致 X病呀！

我觉得这Z和Y是有一种必然的联系！
而the effects of the Clean Air Act -和 the economic decline是没有关系的呀？

讨论........

kathy72 · 发表于 2003-11-4 20:53:00

同意八戒的说法, 答案应与pollution之间搭桥.

885 test D 12 企业减少与污染

885 test D 12 企业减少与污染

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