Prep2012-Pack1-CR-066 难题求解

shelagh

A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high
price. Surprisingly, perhaps, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge than
the greatest price the market will bear. Many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product,
because they want to make as much profit as they can and technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed. The
drawback is that large profits on the new product give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match
the new product's capabilities.
In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

A.The first is the position the argument advocates; the second presents grounds for rejecting an alternative
position.
B.The first is the position the argument advocates; the second is an alternative position that the argument rejects.
C.The first presents a strategy for achieving a certain goal; the second presents a drawback to that strategy.
D.The first presents a strategy for achieving a certain goal; the second presents grounds for preferring a different
goal.
E.The first presents a strategy that, according to the argument, is ineffective; the second presents a way of
improving the effectiveness of that strategy.

之前遇到过跟这题很类似的一个题，但不完全一样。这一题答案给的是A，我选的是C。本题大意是说一个代表高新技术的新产品一般价格也比较高，使新产品利润最大化的策略是去把这个新产品的价格定为比市场所能承受的最高价格还要更高。而接下来的作者又说很多公司这么做了，但这个策略却导致了一个与初衷相悖的结果，高额的利润刺激了竞争对手快速获得了这种新产品的技术。现在最大的问题就在于第一句黑体部分到底是什么意思？我的理解是第一句黑体部分说的策略跟接下来many companies采取的策略就是一样的，所以选C。但是根据答案A反推的话，第一句黑体字部分说的策略跟many companies采取的策略并不一样。 但我怎么看都不理解，请大牛指教！

电气功成狮

楼上大神所以这个题的题干是少了一个词对吗？  manhattan forum上这个题的解析也不清楚

ukyo2003

我刚看也纳闷呢，因为我记得以前做过一题好像不是选这个。

shelagh

ukyo2003 发表于 2015-3-4 10:44
少了个字吧，逻辑完全看不懂，如果第一个bold是the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new produ ...

有道理！既然有than那前面一定要有个一个比较级，现在没有，那就说明肯定是缺了一个词，按照答案倒推那可能就是少了LESS~明白了，多谢啦！：）

ukyo2003

少了个字吧，逻辑完全看不懂，如果第一个bold是the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge LESS than
the greatest price the market will bear. 那这个答案就对了。
不好意思，我也在做2012但是还没做到66.