12. The more television children watch, the less competent they are in mathematical knowledge. More than a third of children in the United States watch television for more than five hours a day; in South Korea the figure is only 7 percent. But whereas less than 15 percent of children in the United States understand advanced measurement and geometric concept, 40 percent of South Korea children are competent in these areas. Therefore, if Untied States children are to de well in mathematics, they must watch less television.
Which one of the following is an assumption upon which the argument depends?
(A) Children in the United States are less interested in advanced measurement and geometric concepts than are South Korea children.
(B) South Korea children are more disciplined about doing schoolwork than are children in the United States
(C) Children who want to do well in advanced measurement and geometry will watch less than television.
(D) A child’s ability in advanced measurement and geometry increases if he or she watches less than one hour of television a day.
(E) The instruction in advanced measurement and geometric concepts available to children in the United States in not substantially worse than that available to South Korea children.
我觉得问题在于看题上: Children who want to do well in advanced measurement and geometry will watch less than television是说想要在数学方面做的很好的儿童将会看很少的电视。就算你取非又能说明什么呢??也是指想要在数学方面做得好的儿童不需要少看电视。但是问题是想要做得好就一定做得好吗??如果改成children who do well in advanced measurement and geometry watch less than television我认为就对了!!你看呢??