gwd-25-22

Q22.

Springfield Fire Commissioner: the vast majority of false fire alarms

are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street

corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone,

these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we

propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the

number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the

proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect?

A.     The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private tele-

phones and records where they came from.

B.     Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs Springfield approximately

five million dollars annually.

C.     A telephone call can provide the fire department with more informa-

tion about the nature and size of a fire than can an alarm placed

from an alarm box.

D.     Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire depart-

ment’s capacity for responding to fires.

E.      On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones

in Springfield are out of service.

                           Answer:c

mine:d

我一直在c,d间犹豫,哪位给讲一下为什么选c不选d?

number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire.

that's the point

that's the point

偶也是选的C,但是是因为那个prank calls 不认识

如果认识的话偶想偶会选择A

我觉得选A.

The question is "Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect?"

The announced effect is "Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire." C固然是说了 telephone call 的好处，但并没有直接support这个announcement.

A 里说"The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from. " 那么报火警的人就不敢随便打prank calls (prank是恶作剧的意思）。 文章里说的"prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes." 也就被reduced 了。 所以A support the announced effect.

再打个比方吧。 如果经常有人用公用电话打110搞恶作剧。那么禁止用公用电话打110的话会不会减少恶作剧的次数，并且不妨碍正常报警呢？因为大家都有private telephone，所以不会妨碍正常报警（这个在题目里有说明）。 再加上报警电话是可以被跟踪的（选项A里说的），那么肯定很少人敢用自己的电话搞恶作剧。至于用自己电话的其他好处（选项C里说的），没有直接Support "禁止用公用电话打110的话会不会减少恶作剧的次数，并且不妨碍正常报警" 的说法。

The announced effect is "Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire." C固然是说了 telephone call 的好处，但并没有直接support这个announcement.

A 里说"The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from. " 那么报火警的人就不敢随便打prank calls (prank是恶作剧的意思）。 文章里说的"prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes." 也就被reduced 了。 所以A support the announced effect.

再打个比方吧。 如果经常有人用公用电话打110搞恶作剧。那么禁止用公用电话打110的话会不会减少恶作剧的次数，并且不妨碍正常报警呢？因为大家都有private telephone，所以不会妨碍正常报警（这个在题目里有说明）。 再加上报警电话是可以被跟踪的（选项A里说的），那么肯定很少人敢用自己的电话搞恶作剧。至于用自己电话的其他好处（选项C里说的），没有直接Support "禁止用公用电话打110的话会不会减少恶作剧的次数，并且不妨碍正常报警" 的说法。

晕了，不知道为什么系统给我贴了2次。

编辑好几次都改不过来，后半部分是重复的。