再问OG-35

vikkigmat

35. Affirmative action is good business. So asserted the National Association of Manufacturers while urging retention of an executive order requiring some federal contractors to set numerical goals for hiring minorities and women. “Diversity in work force participation has produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association claimed.

The association’s argument as it is presented in the passage above would be most strengthened if which of the following were true?

A. The percentage of minority and women workers in business has increased more slowly than many minority and women’s groups would prefer.

B. Those businesses with the highest percentages of minority and women workers are those that have been the most innovative and profitable.

C. Disposable income has been rising as fast among minorities and women as among the population as a whole.

D. The biggest growth in sales in the manufacturing sector has come in industries that market the most innovative products.

E. Recent improvements in management practices have allowed many manufacturers to experience enormous gains in worker productivity.

这一题题干中的line of reasonning 是什么呢？分不清conclusion和premise，所以不知道为什么D不对？请指教。（看了置顶链接，没有找到答案）

vikkigmat

为什么没有高手指教呀，只好自己顶一下。

jennifer1979

我不是NN。

不过这题的结论是说Affirmative Action对公司有利--“Diversity in work force participation has produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association claimed.

D根本与这个无关。

vikkigmat

还是不是很清楚，你的意思是Diversity in work force participation has produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association claimed. 是 conclusion了，那么affirmative action is good business是premise啦？

yulin115

I think first you have to understand what is affirmative action? Affirmation action is a policy or a program that seeks to redress past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity, as in education and employment. E is not right because it didn't mention minoirity at all. I am sure if it is clear now.

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