请教一道og12 RC，谢谢了先~

envymenow

The Gross Domestic Product. (GDP), which measures the dollar value of finished goods and services produced by an economy during a given period, serves as the chief indicator of the economic well-being of the United States. The GDP assumes that the economic significance of goods and services lies solely in their price, and that these goods and services add to the national well-being, not because of any intrinsic value they may possess, but simply because they were pro-duced and bought. Additionally, only those goods and services involved in monetary transactions are included in the GDP. Thus, the GDP ignores the economic utility of such things as a clean environment and cohesive families and communities, It is therefore not merely coincidental, since nationalpolicies in capitalist and noncapitalist countries alike are dependent on indicators such as the GDP, that both the environment and the social structure have been eroded in recent decades not only does the GDP mask this erosion, it can actually portray it as an economic gain: an oil spill off a coastal region "adds" to the GDP because it generates commercial activity. In short, the nation's central measure of economic well-being works like a calculating machine that adds but cannot subtract.

Which of the following best describes the function of the second sentence of the passage (the highlighted text) in the context of the passage as a whole?

A It describes an assumption about the GDP that is defended in the course of the passage

B It contributes to a discussion of the origins of the GDP

C It clarifies a common misconception about the use of the GD

DIt identifies a major flaw in the GDP. .

E It suggests a revision to the method of calculating the GDP.


OG12给的答案是D，但是我上了passion的课，听了老师在2010-2-26 20:40:34的答疑录音，他选的A
我知道应该以OG12的答案为准，但是OG12在2010,2月份已经出版了吧，那老师不至于傻到不知道这题是OG12的题吧，而且把A讲的头头是道的
所以肯定牛牛们帮我解决一下，到底选哪个呢？
如果能帮我把原文怎么读出来GDP不好的也讲给我，感激涕零！！

envymenow

谢谢楼上~我也相信OG是对的，只是很矛盾...passion的老师居然说A对，而且很多GWD的方法貌似做OG没用..

森然

Of course D！
文章一直在说GDP serves as the chief indicator of the economic well-being of the United States 的缺点，没有对其辩护（act, speak or write in support of sb/sth ）。通篇驳斥，无支持意向。

我感觉第二句里面“ solely...not because of any intrinsic value they may possess, but simply because...” 作者的用词很绝对，solely，not...any，simply表达了作者对GDP“只重价格、不重内在价值”的反对。