OG12-14 无人问过～～

rx_11

14. In Washington County, attendance at the movies is just large enough for the cinema operators to make modest profi ts. The size of the county’s population is stable and is not expected to increase much. Yet there are investors ready to double the number of movie screens in the county within fi ve years, and they are predicting solid profits both for themselves and for the established cinema operators.

Which of the following, if true about Washington County, most helps to provide a justifi cation for the investors’ prediction?
(A) Over the next ten years, people in their teenage years, the prime moviegoing age, will be a rapidly growing proportion of the county’s population.
(B) As distinct from the existing cinemas, most of the cinemas being planned would be located in downtown areas, in hopes of stimulating an economic revitalization of those areas.
(C) Spending on video purchases, as well as spending on video rentals, has been increasing modestly each
year for the past ten years.
(D) The average number of screens per cinema is lower among existing cinemas than it is among cinemas still
in the planning stages.
(E) The sale of snacks and drinks in cinemas accounts for a steadily growing share of most cinema operators’
profi ts.

答案A肯定是对的···不过小弟我觉得B也很好啊，请大牛指正：

我的思路如下：

B选项：建在downtown地区，downtown地区肯定比较繁华，因此能吸引更多的人。Furthermore, 这个地区由于新建了电影院，这个地区原本不看电影的人也会来看了··所以B正确。

请大牛指正！

cvilax

   攒人品。
A 说 接下来十年里，teenagers作为看电影的主力军， 所占比例会上升。所以1. 投资者追投，2. 现老板也赚钱。1&2都满足。毕竟客人多了嘛。

HopeLiu-

增加屏幕和新建影院是两个不同的概念啊  可以在旧影院里增加屏幕啊

HopeLiu-

题干是 double movie screens 并不是 increase cinemas？？只有我一个人这么想？？

大橘子

感谢9楼

梨落0283

为什么没有人考虑过E。。。。
我选的就是E
我看题的时候觉得A太扯了，直接pass掉了，觉得牵强附会= =

Hendy

B显然是不够直接，假设题目只要一步，不允许想多步，SDCARD已经解释很清楚

maestri

楼主，我认为B是无关选项，不能满足1）2）中的任何一条的

提干的意思为：投资者准备在接下来的五年内double电影院荧幕的数量，他们预计自己的电影院和已经有的电影院都能够获利。

我的思路落在人口比例上，既然总人口不增加，看电影人数比例上升，就也能保证获利的。
B选项为：大部分新建影院将在市中心，以期刺激这些地区的经济复兴。所假设的地区的经济复兴和电影院获利并无直接关系的

亲亲麦小兜

终于明白了，it raises the question
of whether theaters in a revitalized downtown would draw business away from theaters in other
locations, thus reducing the established cinema operators’ profi ts.

一年以后碰巧再看到这个题，觉得完全懂了··虽然现在已经不考GMAT了，但是还是想回答一下这个问题，当时这个问题真让我纠结··

其实问题的关键在于they are predicting （1）solid profits both for themselvesand （2）for the established cinema operators.

B只满足（1），而不满足（2）。

（2）这个地方是B为什么错的关键！！所以做CR时要仔细的读题，特别是问题和结论部分。

-- by 会员 rx_11 (2011/9/14 23:31:36)

littleyya

那让我再好好看一看。。理解错了了吗。。
继续做题！！