GWD TN1-Q3 题目中心看不懂

wang0774 · 发表于 2010-1-13 14:00:22

这道题我看完后觉得作者观点是key word "consequently" 之后的观点。所以答题看4个选项时，凡是看到consideration, certain strategy之类的字都是把句子最后一句话当成文章重心的strategy来理解的。看完答案后发现，原来文章第一句话是中心。可还是不太理解为什么首句而不是末句是中心。请大家分享。。。谢谢。答案是第二选项。我错选成第四选项了。

GWD1-Q3:

A productthat represents a clear technological advance over competing products cangenerally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quicklysurpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can,many companies charge the greatest price the market will bear when they havesuch a product. But large profits on the new product will give competitors astrong incentive to quickly match the new product’scapabilities. Consequently, the strategy to maximizeoverall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possibleprice.

In theargument above, the two portions in boldfaceplay which of the following roles?

Bold face

The first is an assumption that forms the basis for a course of action that the argument criticizes; the second presents the course of action endorsed by the argument.[C1]
The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second is a consideration raised to call into question the wisdom of adopting that strategy.[C2]
The first is an assumption that has been used to justify a certain strategy; the second is a consideration that is used to cast doubt on that assumption.[C3]
The first is a consideration raised in support of a strategy the argument endorses; the second presents grounds in support of that consideration.[C4]
The first is a consideration raised to show that adopting a certain strategy is unlikely to achieve the intended effect; the second is presented to explain the appeal of that strategy.[C5]

sunlight841206 · 发表于 2010-1-13 15:14:38

个人看法：
题目的观点： Consequently, the strategy to maximizeoverall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possibleprice.
前面的只是一些分析：
1）现象一：technological advance的product可以command a high price；
2）现象二：因为新技术很快会被surpass，所以厂商就要greatest price；
3）现象三：large profits会吸引对手来竞争，这样对手就会很快match the new product’scapabilities；
结论：所以，从全局、长远观点来看，有了新技术不能太招摇，charge less than the greatest possible price，这样，profit就会看起来不是太过于诱人。竞争对手也就不那么不要命的跟我们竞争了。

第一个boldface是说明：为啥要采取greatest price的strategy？也就是“a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy”；
第二个boldface是说明：我们为啥得到最后结论的原因，不能charge the greatest possible price。即profit太高，竞争对手都会眼红的。也就是对我们开始提出的strategy提出的质疑。“a consideration raised to call into question the wisdom of adopting that strategy.”

wang0774 · 发表于 2010-1-14 00:49:58

Thank you.

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