请教2道GWD~~~

Rainbeauty

GWD-8-Q12:
A certain automaker aims to increase its market share by deeply discounting its vehicles’ prices for the next several months. The discounts will cut into profits, but because they will be heavily advertised the manufacturer hopes that they will attract buyers away from rival manufacturers’ cars. In the longer term, the automaker envisions that customers initially attracted by the discounts may become loyal customers.

In assessing the plan’s chances of achieving its aim, it would be most useful to know which of the following?

A.    Whether the automaker’s competitors are likely to respond by offering deep discounts on their own products
B.    Whether the advertisements will be created by the manufacturer’s current advertising agency
C.    Whether some of the automaker’s models will be more deeply discounted than others
D.    Whether the automaker will be able to cut costs sufficiently to maintain profit margins even when the discounts are in effect
E.    Whether an alternative strategy might enable the automaker to enhance its profitability while holding a constant or diminishing share of the market

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GWD-8-Q13:
With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia, and with previously established companies adding many new jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderian economy. This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year. Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

A.    In a given year, new companies starting up create more new jobs on average than do previously established companies.
B.    The number of people seeking employment is no larger this year than it was last year.
C.    This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.
D.    reviously established companies in Derderia will be less profitable this year than such companies were last year.
E.    The number of jobs created in the Derderian economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost.
答案分别为A和C。
对于12， personally， 这也是和别的company的比较 为什么就不对呢？
对于13， cannot understand。。。
个人觉得A很合理的呀。。。

tiffany琨

GWD-8-Q12:
A certain automaker aims to increase its market share by deeply discounting its vehicles’ prices for the next several months. The discounts will cut into profits, but because they will be heavily advertised the manufacturer hopes that they will attract buyers away from rival manufacturers’ cars. In the longer term, the automaker envisions that customers initially attracted by the discounts may become loyal customers.

In assessing the plan’s chances of achieving its aim, it would be most useful to know which of the following?

Situation: （这是个OG题）
某公司降价吸引客户，并希望吸引来的人成为忠诚客户。Evaluate下面那个信息最最crucial

A.      Whether the automaker’s competitors are likely to respond by offering deep discounts on their own products
如果竞争对手也降价，设想的一切就都没了。这个要知道（如果可以的话。。。）
B.      Whether the advertisements will be created by the manufacturer’s current advertising agency
无关。爱谁做广告谁做
C.      Whether some of the automaker’s models will be more deeply discounted than others
某些车型打折更猛否？都是自己的车纠结啥。关键是比对手便宜且对手也不降价就行了
D.      Whether the automaker will be able to cut costs sufficiently to maintain profit margins even when the discounts are in effect
错。要的就是吸引客户，代价什么的再说。
E.    Whether an alternative strategy might enable the automaker to enhance its profitability while holding a constant or diminishing share of the market
       只要吸引客户。attract buyers away from rival manufacturers’ cars and become loyal customers 什么高利润啥的在这里都是次要因素



GWD-8-Q13:
With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia, and with previously established companies adding many new jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderian economy. This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year. Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
Situation：
D的老公司今年不能提供和去年一样多岗位。那么今年想要超过去年的新岗位数量记录的话，必须开比去年更多的新公司。
数量游戏：可以对比California养老那个题OG上的。
增加更多新公司  不等于  增加更多新岗位  除非：每个公司提供的岗位数量基本不变
California那个题：更小proportion的人来到California度假 不等于  更少的人来到California度假。  除非：进行度假人的总量基本不变。  类似题目还有很多 小心单个变量=绝对变量的陷阱

A.    In a given year, new companies starting up create more new jobs on average than do previously established companies.
已经建立的companies产生一样多的岗位，需要比较的仅仅是今年new companies产生的岗位和去年的new companies产生的岗位。 而某年的new companies 产生的岗位与established companies从来就不需要比较。

B.    The number of people seeking employment is no larger this year than it was last year.
无关 比岗位不比人数
C.    This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.
今年新成立的公司提供岗位（per）没有比去年多。那么公司多了可就岗位多了，这是一个必要的assumption
D.    reviously established companies in Derderia will be less profitable this year than such companies were last year.
无关，爱profitable不profitable，我只要更多岗位
E.    The number of jobs created in the Derderian economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost.
规模爱大不大，我只关心能不能提供更多岗位

-- by 会员 jianaozhonghua (2011/7/2 4:41:33)

jianaozhonghua

GWD-8-Q12:
A certain automaker aims to increase its market share by deeply discounting its vehicles’ prices for the next several months. The discounts will cut into profits, but because they will be heavily advertised the manufacturer hopes that they will attract buyers away from rival manufacturers’ cars. In the longer term, the automaker envisions that customers initially attracted by the discounts may become loyal customers.

In assessing the plan’s chances of achieving its aim, it would be most useful to know which of the following?

Situation: （这是个OG题）
某公司降价吸引客户，并希望吸引来的人成为忠诚客户。Evaluate下面那个信息最最crucial

A.      Whether the automaker’s competitors are likely to respond by offering deep discounts on their own products
如果竞争对手也降价，设想的一切就都没了。这个要知道（如果可以的话。。。）
B.      Whether the advertisements will be created by the manufacturer’s current advertising agency
无关。爱谁做广告谁做
C.      Whether some of the automaker’s models will be more deeply discounted than others
某些车型打折更猛否？都是自己的车纠结啥。关键是比对手便宜且对手也不降价就行了
D.      Whether the automaker will be able to cut costs sufficiently to maintain profit margins even when the discounts are in effect
错。要的就是吸引客户，代价什么的再说。
E.    Whether an alternative strategy might enable the automaker to enhance its profitability while holding a constant or diminishing share of the market
       只要吸引客户。attract buyers away from rival manufacturers’ cars and become loyal customers 什么高利润啥的在这里都是次要因素



GWD-8-Q13:
With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia, and with previously established companies adding many new jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderian economy. This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year. Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
Situation：
D的老公司今年不能提供和去年一样多岗位。那么今年想要超过去年的新岗位数量记录的话，必须开比去年更多的新公司。
数量游戏：可以对比California养老那个题OG上的。
增加更多新公司  不等于  增加更多新岗位  除非：每个公司提供的岗位数量基本不变
California那个题：更小proportion的人来到California度假 不等于  更少的人来到California度假。  除非：进行度假人的总量基本不变。  类似题目还有很多 小心单个变量=绝对变量的陷阱

A.    In a given year, new companies starting up create more new jobs on average than do previously established companies.
已经建立的companies产生一样多的岗位，需要比较的仅仅是今年new companies产生的岗位和去年的new companies产生的岗位。 而某年的new companies 产生的岗位与established companies从来就不需要比较。

B.    The number of people seeking employment is no larger this year than it was last year.
无关 比岗位不比人数
C.    This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.
今年新成立的公司提供岗位（per）没有比去年多。那么公司多了可就岗位多了，这是一个必要的assumption
D.    reviously established companies in Derderia will be less profitable this year than such companies were last year.
无关，爱profitable不profitable，我只要更多岗位
E.    The number of jobs created in the Derderian economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost.
规模爱大不大，我只关心能不能提供更多岗位