蓝皮153accounting & billing

charlottecheng

Manager: Accounting and Billing are located right next to each other and the two departments do similar kinds of work; yet expenditures for clerical supplies charged to Billing are much higher. Is Billing wasting supplies?
Head of Billing: Not at all.
Which of the following, if true, best supports the position of the Head of Billing?
(A) There are more staff members in Accounting than in Billing.
(B) Two years ago, expenditures in Accounting for clerical supplies were the same as were expenditures that year in Billing for clerical supplies.
(C) The work of Billing now requires a wider variety of clerical supplies than it did in the past.
(D) Some of the paper-and-pencil work of both Accounting and Billing has been replaced by work done on computers.
(E) Members of Accounting found the clerical supplies cabinet of Billing more convenient to go to for supplies than their own department’s cabinet.

答案是E，似乎是个类比，但具体什么意思呢？

wbb7631911

support 观点就是说 Biling没有浪费     而是其他原因导致了supply more
A是削弱
B无关比较
C无关比较   是说Biling和accunting的比较   不是now和past的比较
D无关
E说因为biling比accounting更容易拿到supply   所以是他因导致，支持了 the Head of Billing

charlottecheng

谢谢，但是能解释一下E么？cabinet在此什么意思？C的话也不是完全无关吧，应该是即使有wider variety也不意味着就higher cost?

AmyGMAT

Manager: Accounting and Billing are located right next to each other and the two departments do similar kinds of work; yet expenditures for clerical supplies charged to Billing are much higher. Is Billing wasting supplies?
Head of Billing: Not at all.
Which of the following, if true, best supports the position of the Head of Billing?
(A) There are more staff members in Accounting than in Billing.
(B) Two years ago, expenditures in Accounting for clerical supplies were the same as were expenditures that year in Billing for clerical supplies.
(C) The work of Billing now requires a wider variety of clerical supplies than it did in the past.
(D) Some of the paper-and-pencil work of both Accounting and Billing has been replaced by work done on computers.
(E) Members of Accounting found the clerical supplies cabinet of Billing more convenient to go to for supplies than their own department’s cabinet.

答案是E，似乎是个类比，但具体什么意思呢？

-- by 会员 charlottecheng (2010/4/3 12:54:52)

这个E选项我也郁闷了半天，后来似乎是恍然大悟，就是在说billing很无辜，accounting很卑鄙，整天拿billing的东西来用，所以导致看上去billing用了很多supply的样子，实际人家自己没用，全让别人用了。。。真无语。。还有这种事。。。

jackhouse

AmyGMAT 发表于 2010-4-3 14:45
Manager: Accounting and Billing are located right next to each other and the two departments do s ...

也恍然了

maestri

这个题也算是一个比较题。
比较题的一大原则是“比较基准要相同”
Ｅ选项通过指出两个部门的用量的比较基准是不同的，所以无法因此支持billing更浪费的结论。

更简单来说：你总是从我盘子里偷菜，导致我不够吃多盛了一碗，你能说我比你贪吃么？