请教OG12-Q114，Q123

苏打饼干2009

114. Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the
country and have noticed that in those built before
1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is
generally superior to that in hotels built afterward.
Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930
typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than
carpenters who have worked on hotels built
subsequently.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens
the guidebook writer’s argument?
(A)  The quality of original carpentry in hotels is
generally far superior to the quality of original
carpentry in other structures, such as houses
and stores.
(B)  Hotels built since 1930 can generally
accommodate more guests than those built
before 1930.
(C)  The materials available to carpenters working
before 1930 were not signifi cantly different in
quality from the materials available to
carpenters working after 1930.
(D)  The better the quality of original carpentry in a
building, the less likely that building is to fall into
disuse and be demolished.
(E)  The average length of apprenticeship for
carpenters has declined signifi cantly since 1930.

123.  Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an
independent supplier a product or service that a
company has previously provided for itself. Since a
company’s chief objective is to realize the highest
possible year-end profits, any product or service that
can be obtained from an independent supplier for less
than it would cost the company to provide the product
or service on its own should be outsourced.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens
the argument?
(A)  If a company decides to use independent
suppliers for a product, it can generally
exploit the vigorous competition arising among
several firms that are interested in supplying
that product.
(B)  Successful outsourcing requires a company to
provide its suppliers with information about its
products and plans that can fall into the hands of
its competitors and give them a business
advantage.
(C)  Certain tasks, such as processing a company’s
payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas
others, such as handling the company’s core
business, are not.
(D)  For a company to provide a product or service
for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier
can provide it, the managers involved need to be
as expert in the area of that product or service
as the people in charge of that product or
service at an independent supplier are.
(E)  When a company decides to use an independent
supplier for a product or service, the independent
supplier sometimes hires members of the
company’s staff who formerly made the product
or provided the service that the independent
supplier now supplies.
这两题都是关于weaken的，114题选D，但是我选的是B，我觉得30年以前的hotels接纳客人更少所以原始的木工会保留的更好一些，而不是工人更有技术。我觉得怎么也不会想到D从hotels的存在性上去考虑这个问题吧。。。然后123我选的是C，答案是B。我觉得C也很有道理呀，因为核心业务肯定是无法外购的，这样不就weaken了原题中的结论吗。请教各位，我的思维是不是有什么问题？我感觉weaken的题错好多阿，都不晓得该怎么办好了。

maryane

回LS，但是题目讲的是木匠的技术，没有提到保存啊

shjoiy325

我怎么觉得114当中的D选项是加强呢？D选项是说质量越好，越不会被拆掉或毁坏，文章中作者看到的建筑保存很好比1930后的要好，布不正好加强了么？求大N解释

crystalbain

114. Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the
country and have noticed that in those built before
1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is
generally superior to that in hotels built afterward.
Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930
typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than
carpenters who have worked on hotels built
subsequently.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens
the guidebook writer’s argument?
(A)  The quality of original carpentry in hotels is
generally far superior to the quality of original
carpentry in other structures, such as houses
and stores.
(B)  Hotels built since 1930 can generally
accommodate more guests than those built
before 1930.
(C)  The materials available to carpenters working
before 1930 were not signifi cantly different in
quality from the materials available to
carpenters working after 1930.
(D)  The better the quality of original carpentry in a
building, the less likely that building is to fall into
disuse and be demolished.
(E)  The average length of apprenticeship for
carpenters has declined signifi cantly since 1930.

114题选D，但是我选的是B，我觉得30年以前的hotels接纳客人更少所以原始的木工会保留的更好一些，而不是工人更有技术。

-- by 会员 苏打饼干2009 (2010/2/10 23:46:39)

同问。 原题选项说30年以后盖的酒店一般都可以招待比30年以前的酒店更多的客人，那就是说很大可能上，30年以后的酒店招待的客人比30年以前的酒店招待的客人在同等时长上更多，因此30年以后的酒店的耗损也就更快。 我同意D确实也是一种weaken，但是能帮忙解释一下为什么B就是无关呢？

有一种解释就是，题干里用的是can accommodate，就是说它只是在介绍他们可以容纳更多，如果是一个weaken它应该直接说 are likely to accommodate more bla bla...，大家觉得呢？

5cheng

B也提到了资料落入竞争对手之手，竞争对手得不得到资料和本题无关，应该是无关选项才对啊。这题晕了

-- by 会员 dajiahaoh (2010/4/7 13:15:43)

我认为，这道题首先要看公司的目标是什么，目标是为了要得到更多的利润，因此要从这个角度来看外包的影响。
所以说，如果公司为了盈利，即使通常不外包核心任务，他也会去外包的
那么相比b来说，被竞争对手窃取资料才是最影响的

Tereasa

刚才看到一个jinqijia的帖子，感觉他分析的很对。不知是否可以这样认为，对结论的否命题是：任何产品都不应该外包。而不是， 并不是任何产品都外包。那就找外包的缺点，所以选B，希望好心人指教。

Tereasa

我怎没感觉是Premise:a)降低成本，实现利润最大化b)独立供应商的产品成本低于公司的. Conclusiion:任何产品成本比公司低的产品都应该外包 。所以选C      是不是我的premise 和conclusion找错了，如果这样的话，该如何找。谢谢赐教。。

falala

T114。
Writer's arguement 错误地拿1930年前 部分better quality的original carpentry 与 1930年后的所有quality的 carpentry相比 ，就草率地得出结论是木匠的原因造成的。

dingshuaijun

114,  B选项，1930后的房子可能是更加大才容纳更多的人，而不见的是质量好才容纳的人多。所以不能削弱。

123，C选项，题干是当外包cost less than 自己生产时才最好，而C只是说什么包出去，什么不包出去，没涉及到cost。反而是B，如果信息外泄给对手，反而要打价格战，这样cost就提高了。

nancyhearste

我和楼主一样对114的B选项是这样解释的:因为以前接待的人没有那么多，所以地毯保存的好，而现在接待客人多了，所以就保存的不好了。其实制造工人的手艺都是差不多的，只不过损耗的差异。
后来我再仔细想想，是不是1930年前造的旅馆时间也长了，所以我不能假设因为它总的客容量是比1930年后小的

-- by 会员 apriltong (2010/4/6 21:14:06)

地毯跟木匠也没有什么关系吧。114的argument里面已经说了better quality,就证明不管是门窗还是房子的各种柱子都做的很好，跟保存没有关系，就跟古代贵族家里的房子去穷人家房子的质量好一样。质量好就会一直被使用，质量不好的就会废弃或毁坏。weaken 的点就是被调查的对象不具代表性。