请教FEIFEI逻辑的一道题

crystalvine212

10. In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. Companies in R that manufacture telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban, on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.


Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument given by the manufacturers depends?


A.The government of S has recently increased the amount of telecommunication equipment it allows to be imported into the country.
B.The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top development officials in S.
C.A majority of the members of R’s legislature do not favor exempting telecommunication equipment from the ban on exports to Country S.
D.Of all exports that could be sent to Country S, telecommunication equipment would be the most effective in helping citizens of S oppose that country’s repressive government.
E.Without pressure from Country R, the government of S would be able to continue repressing its citizens indefinitely.
以下是解释,这个解释我看的还是晕的

The correct answer is B.



See: Assumption question



Think: I have to find the conclusion, then the evidence, and from them figure out the central assumption.



Do:

Conclusion: The “what” of an argument



In this case:

In order to pressure the governmentof Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S.



Evidence: The “Why” of an argument



In this case:

It’s impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.



Assumption:Facts or ideas, not stated in the passage. The assumption must be true if the argument is to be considered valid.The assumption typical directly links the evidence with the conclusion. The best way to tackle it is to negate it.



In this case:

The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely totopdevelopment officials in S.



If we negate the assumption, the conclusion can’t come to pass.

:

The telecommunication equipment that would be allowed to export into S (exempted) would be AVAILABLE SOLELY to top development officials in S, then the proposal to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive by using ban will be failed. As a result, the argument that manufacture gave that telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban will be failed.

amberdeng

我做这道题的时候想到了朝鲜。试想美国把微软谷歌的产品卖到朝鲜去，如果只有金氏家族能用，普通百姓不能用，那还不是白搭。
GMAT题目很多时候太美国化，不够国际化！

10. In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. Companies in R that manufacture telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban, on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.


Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument given by the manufacturers depends?


A.The government of S has recently increased the amount of telecommunication equipment it allows to be imported into the country.
B.The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top development officials in S.
C.A majority of the members of R’s legislature do not favor exempting telecommunication equipment from the ban on exports to Country S.
D.Of all exports that could be sent to Country S, telecommunication equipment would be the most effective in helping citizens of S oppose that country’s repressive government.
E.Without pressure from Country R, the government of S would be able to continue repressing its citizens indefinitely.
以下是解释,这个解释我看的还是晕的

The correct answer is B.



See: Assumption question



Think: I have to find the conclusion, then the evidence, and from them figure out the central assumption.



Do:

Conclusion: The “what” of an argument



In this case:

In order to pressure the governmentof Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S.



Evidence: The “Why” of an argument



In this case:

It’s impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.



Assumption:Facts or ideas, not stated in the passage. The assumption must be true if the argument is to be considered valid.The assumption typical directly links the evidence with the conclusion. The best way to tackle it is to negate it.



In this case:

The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely totopdevelopment officials in S.



If we negate the assumption, the conclusion can’t come to pass.

:

The telecommunication equipment that would be allowed to export into S (exempted) would be AVAILABLE SOLELY to top development officials in S, then the proposal to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive by using ban will be failed. As a result, the argument that manufacture gave that telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban will be failed.

-- by 会员 crystalvine212 (2010/2/18 12:33:44)