Smithtown University ’s fund-raisers succeeded in getting donations from 80 percent of the potential donors they contacted.This success rate, exceptionally high for university fund-raisers, does not indicate that they were doing a good job.On the contrary, since the people most likely to donate are those who have donated in the past, good fund-raisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base.The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort.
Which of the following, if true, provides more support for the argument?
A.Smithtown University ’s fund-raisers were successful in their contacts with potential donors who had never given before about as frequently as were fund-raisers for other universities in their contacts with such people. B.This year the average size of the donations to Smithtown University from new donors when the university’s fund-raisers had contacted was larger than the average size of donations from donors who had given to the university before. C.This year most of the donations that came to Smithtown University from people who had previously donated to it were made without the university’s fund-raisers having made any contact with the donors. D.The majority of the donations that fund-raisers succeeded in getting for Smithtown University this year were from donors who had never given to the university before. E.More than half of the money raised by Smithtown University’s fund-raisers came from donors who had never previously donated to the university.
同意!个人觉得还是A对,如果假设二次捐款成功率为x%,初次捐款率为Y%,那么肯定x>y,A选项的意思是说SU募捐者的初捐成功率与其他学校募捐者的初捐成功率是一样的,即大家的y相等,(successful...as frequently as,可能很多同学误以为是联系的人一样多,或者是最终成果一样好,所以得出了不同的结论)而最终SU的总体成功率为80%,远高于其他学校,那么按照权重来看,就说明SU的募捐者肯定联系二次捐款人要多得多,从而说明了他们try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base.
good fund-raisers constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base是说好的筹款人应该去联系没有捐过钱的人 The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort.是说成功率低才说明有足够的努力 也就是要去找没有捐过钱的人,并且成功率低才行么,那A只是说他们和其他大学的人一样成功,并不能表示成功率低啊,我觉得这题没答案的说
我觉得还是C对,因为C答案表示今年获得的80%的捐款中很大一部分是来自于以前捐过的但是fund-raiser没有联系过的人,也就是说fund-raiser没有花费力气再这些人身上,但是这些人却做出了很大的贡献,也就更加的加强了原题中的说法The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort. A答案中A. Smithtown University’s fund-raisers were successful in their contacts with potential donors who had never given before about as frequently as were fund-raisers for other universities in their contacts with such people. SU学校的fund-raiser与其他学校的一样成功联系到潜在的捐助者,又怎样??potential doner难道就以为着会donate么??进一步推理过度了吧?而且与其他学校的一样成功,不也可以理解为SU的fund-raiser很卖力么?这不就削弱题目的结论The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort.了么??求继续讨论!