[求助] OG两道：OG-83 , OG-97 (大全上没有的)

OG-83 : Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. In order to take advantage of this increase, Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its own model of telephone, while continuing its already very extensive advertising of this product.

Which of the following, if true, provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase its sales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?

(A) Although it sells all of the telephones that it produces, Mammoth Industries’ share of all telephone sales has declined over the last year.

(B) Mammoth Industries’ average inventory of telephones awaiting shipment to retailers has declined slightly over the last year.

(C) Advertising has made the brand name of Mammoth Industries’ telephones widely known, but few consumers know that Mammoth Industries owns this brand.

(D) Mammoth Industries’ telephone is one of three brands of telephone that have together accounted for the bulk of the last year’s increase in sales.

(E) Despite a slight decline in the retail price, sales of Mammoth Industries’ telephones have fallen in the last year.

答案是E.说前一年实际上sales已经下降了。不明白，这与其它(比如A)关于weaken题干中sales的解释，有什么本质区别呢？当时觉得都不太合适，就选了C。还请高手帮我解释一下，E的对于回答问题的逻辑关系。

OG-97 ：Leaders of a miners' union on strike against Coalco are contermplating additional measures to pressure the company to accept the union's contract proposal. The union leaders are considering as their principal new tactic a consumer boycott againtst Gasco gas stations, which are owned by Energy Incorporated, the same corporation that owns Coalco.

The answer to which of the following questions is LEAST directly relevant to the union leaders' consderation of whether attempting a boycott of Gasco will lead to acceptance of their contract proposal?

A)Would revenue losses by Gasco serously affect Energy incorporated？

B)Can current Gasco customers easily obtain gasoline elsewhere?

C)Have other miners' unions won contracts similar to the one proposed by this union?

D)Have other unions that have employed a similar tactic achieved their goals with it?

E)Do other corporations that own coal companies also own gas stations?

答案是E. 选出最无直接关系的~~说实在话，提议还算明白，但几个选项都觉得有些费解，盼高手指点！

谢谢！！

OG-83:去年电话机销量增长，为了从中获益，MI计划扩张它自己的电话机生产，同时继续其原有的产品广告攻势。

E说零售价轻微的下降，去年MI电话机的销量却下降了。原文中所说的是总的电话机销量上升，E说总的上升，MI的却下降了，所以就削弱了原文增加销量的计划。

A说MI销售所占总销售量的比例下降，这个不能削弱原文。是无关选项。

OG97:

原文说Leaders of a miners' union通过罢工反对Coalco，他们正在通过另外的方法去压迫公司接受他们的条款。新的策略发动消费者抵制 Gasco gas stations，Gasco gas stations和Coalco都是 Energy Incorporated所经营的。

问最不相关的。

A,B都是看抵制 Gasco是不是影响Energy incorporated。

C,D都是看这个策略以前有没有成功过。

只有E最无关。

感谢！明白了~~~