费费逻辑宝典：No.32

Political opinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely are found on television talk shows, and it might be thought that this state of affairs is a product of the political agenda of the television stations themselves. In fact, television stations are driven by the same economic forces as sellers of more tangible goods. Because they must attempt to capture the largest possible share of the television audience for their shows, they air only those shows that will appeal to large numbers of people. As a result, political opinions and analyses aired on television talk shows are typically bland and innocuous.

32.The explanation offered by the author of the passage makes the assumption that

A. television station executives usually lack a political agenda of their own

B.bland and innocuous political opinions and analyses are generally in the mainstream

C.political analysts outside the mainstream are relatively indifferent to the effect their analyses have on television viewers

D.most television viewers are prepared to argue against allowing the expression of political opinions and analyses with which they disagree

E.the political opinions of television station executives are not often reflected in the television shows their stations produce

这题的答案是B。但是我苦思冥想也想不通为什么B是assumption？我怎么看怎么觉得B象是conclusion。难道有一类问assumption的题其实就是问conclusion？

请NN帮忙……晕死了

偶不是nn，说说我的看法。

                   题干这么说：因为电视台只播出迎合大众（mainstream）口味的节目，

                                           所以political opinions and analyses在电视上播出的少。

其中的假设就是，大众（mainstream）不喜欢political opinions and analyses。

大约是个架桥型的假设吧。

请nn指正！

谢谢楼上GG的回帖。

这道题我觉得很奇怪。其实这道题的题干下面是有2道问题的，2道题目问的都是assumption.

第31题题目如下：

31. An assumption made in the explanation offered by the author of the passage is that
(A) most television viewers cannot agree on which elements of a particular opinion or analysis are most disturbing.
(B) there are television viewers who might refuse to watch television talk shows that they knew would be controversial and disturbing.
(C) each television viewer holds some opinion that is outside the political mainstream, but those opinions are not the same for everyone.
(D) there are television shows on which economic forces have an even greater impact than they do on television talk shows.
(E) the television talk shows of different stations resemble one another in most respects.

第31题的答案是B，这道题我能明白B为什么正确。第32题虽然也问assumption，但是感觉它的思路和答案都和31题相去甚远。和31题的assumption比起来，32题的答案越看越像conclusion或者infer的题目。

32：

非主流的政治意见和分析很少在电视脱口秀节目中出现，因为电视节目受经济压力必须迎合广大观众的的口味，电视台因此只播一些能吸引广大观众的节目。因此，在脱口秀节目中播出的政治意见和分析通常是bland and innocuous.

问assumption；

原文的推理和结论之间的差异(gap)是主流（观众喜欢）和bland and innocuous的政治意见和分析（观众喜欢）。

B说bland and innocuous的政治意见和分析是主流的！消除了原文的差异！既我们通常所说的搭桥！