Which of the following best completes the passage below?
The computer industry's estimate that it loses millions of dollars when users illegally copy programs without paying for them is greatly exaggerated. Most of the illegal copying is done by people with no serious interest in the programs. Thus, the loss to the industry is quite small, because_____.
Which of the following best completes the passage below? The computer industry’s estimate that it loses millions of dollars when users illegally copy programs without paying for them is greatly exaggerated. Most of the illegal copying is done by people with no serious interest in the programs. Thus, the loss to the industry is quite small, because (A) many users who illegally copy programs never find any use for them (B) most people who illegally copy programs would not purchase them even if purchasing them were the only way to obtain them (C) even if the computer industry received all the revenue it claims to be losing, it would still be experiencing financial difficulties (D) the total market value of all illegal copies is low in comparison to the total revenue of the computer industry (E) the number of programs that are frequently copied illegally is low in comparison to the number of programs available for sale
其实D确实和题目有关联,因为盗版市场的份额相比于电脑行业的程序销售额微不足道,所以不就呼应了题干结尾嘛:the loss to the industry is quite small。
燃鹅,结尾句前面有个thus,这说明这句话是从前面那句话推论得来的,即从Most...with no serious interest in the programs这句推论而来,所以because解释为什么能得出这个推论就一定要结合thus前面的no serious interest。看D,嗯,它完全没有提到serious interest嘛,选它的话那作者还要thus前面那一大句干嘛?
不选D项的另一个重要原因、也是Gmat的一个常见的陷阱:混淆绝对数与相对数(比例)。题干开头说loses million of dollars,结尾说loss is quite small,说明这个损失是一个绝对数量,而D选项则说盗版市场份额相比于整个行业收入来说微不足道,说明正版程序在盗版市场上的损失是一个相对数量(比例)。而相对数量小并不能说明绝对数量小,比如电脑行业总的收入达到上百亿,而盗版带来的损失有几百万,虽然损失占收入比例很小,但是这几百万的损失在绝对数看来肯定不会small。故其实D选项并没有支持题干结尾的结论:the loss(绝对数) to the industry is quite small.
我觉得这道题不选D,是因为D偏离了argument谈论的中心。
argument中心谈论的一直是people who illegally copy programs,谈论的是这些人到底是不是industry损失那么多millions的原因;
作者认为他们不是(因为第一句话说industry怪这些copy的人是exaggerate的,夸大的),所以逻辑是(B项):这些人本来就不打算买programs(因为no severe interests),他们不管copy不copy,都不会增加industry的潜在收入;所以就算他们copy了,也不会造成industry损失。
而D谈论的根本不是关于这些人的事,偏离了主旨。