GWD-6-38

Three large companies and seven small companies currently manufacture a product with potential military applications.  If the government regulates the industry, it will institute a single set of manufacturing specifications to which all ten companies will have to adhere.  In this case, therefore, since none of the seven small companies can afford to convert their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications, only the three large companies will be able to remain in business.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the author’s argument relies?

A.   None of the three large companies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product.

B.   It would cost more to convert the production lines of the small companies to a new set of manufacturing specifications than it would to convert the production lines of the large companies.

C.   Industry lobbyists will be unable to dissuade the government from regulating the industry.

D.   Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.(E)

E.    None of the seven small companies currently manufactures the product to a set of specifications that would match those the government would institute if the industry were to be regulated.

我觉得B是对的，可答案是E。请教高手！

对B取非，则变成：小厂的转换成本不比大厂的转换成本高，但这并不能削弱结论，因为根据题目中的已知条件，即使转换成本相同，也有可能大厂能够承担而小厂承担不了。所以，B不是Assumption.

对E取非，则变成：有些小厂目前生产的产品就能够符合政府将要实施的规定，这样就削弱了“以后只能三个大厂才能留在这个行业”的结论。所以，E是Assumption.

想问如果没有E，C是不是也可以，对C 取非可以反对原文啊

我还想问一下，D为什么不对？

D.   Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.

也许新的spec比就得还要简单，那小厂也能遵从修改后的spec，所以不会受影响。

题里的假设就是说新spec要复杂，复杂可能就花钱多，或者难度大，小厂承受不了。怎么觉得也挺对的啊？

我也觉得选E题。楼上们都解释得很清楚了。我想说的是GWD的答案到底哪里有讨论过得可以算得上全对的。每天v都错一两道，上来讨论发现又是对的，心情很差啊……

楼上牛人

感慨呀