OG-107(链接中无)达疑

snowjing

107. The number of patents granted to inventors by the United States Patent Office dropped from 56,000 in 1971 to 45,000 in 1978. Spending on research and development, which peaked at 3 percent of the gross national product (GNP) in 1964, was only 2.2 percent of the GNP in 1978. During this period, when the United States percentage was steadily decreasing, West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively. Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above?
(A) There is direct relationship between the size of a nation’s GNP and the number of
inventions it produces.
(B) Japan and West Germany spent more money on research and development is directly related to the number of inventions patented in that nation.
(C) The amount of money a nation spends on research and development is directly relocated to the number of inventions patented in that nation.
(D) Between 1964 and 1978 the United States consistently spent a larger percentage of its GNP on research and development than did Japan.
(E) Both West Germany and Japan will soon surpass the United States in the number of
patents granted to investors.

请问C为何错呢？

各人感觉conclusion是基于题干得出的一个结论，D是显而易见的，等于重复题干的信息。似乎C可以从题干信息中得出一个推论。可能我的理解有误？请大家指教！

snowjing

UP!

nyc_cfa

文章中没有提到日本和德国的专利数增加，只提到经费增加。

snowjing

可以单就美国的现象，推导出a nation的普遍适用原则吗？

ppjelly

"During this period, when the United States percentage was steadily
decreasing, West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their
GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent,
respectively."

请教，从文中上句可以看出，美国的percentage是稳步下降，故一定>2.2%; 但怎么就说日本一定是小于1.6%呢?题中没有说日本是稳步上升啊?不会在1964-1978间,某几次超过1.6么?

盼解答,感谢!!

wangzixuancn

West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively

说明以前日本<1.6, 美国从3%降至2%，可不是美国向来花的钱百分比高吗

ppjelly

West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.

你的意思是,这里的increased...to,就表达了日本以前重来没有超过过1.6%!是么?

另外,还想确认一下,lawyer同学的A happened,B happened=\=A cause B,or B cause A,or A and B are related.这确实证明C错的绝好理由啊,可是我对这个都不怎么理解,是不是一定要原文表达为if A, then B之类的有明显关系转折词的,才能表示他们的cause关系?

117. A company’s two divisions performed with remarkable consistency over the past three years: in each of those years, the pharmaceuticals division has accounted for roughly 20
percent of dollar sales and 40 percent of profits, and the chemicals division for the balance.

Which of the following can properly be inferred regarding the past three years from the statement above?

(A) Total dollar sales for each of the company’s divisions have remained roughly constant.

(B) The pharmaceuticals division has faced stiffer competition in its markets than has the chemecials division.

(C) The chemicals division has realized lower profits per dollar of sales than has the pharmaceuticals division

(D) The product mix offered by each of the company’s divisions has remained unchaged.

 (E) Highly profitable products accounted for a higher percentage of the chemicals division’s sales than of those of the pharmaceuticals divisions.--这个选项的accounted for是不是也犯了lawyer说的那个错误呢?

  
    

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ppjelly

UP.哪位帮我解答一下我上面的疑问,谢谢.我想我就是不能确认West Germany and Japan increased the percentage of their GNP’s spent on research and development to 3.2 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.所以不敢选D.

yoko87

注意这里的respectively 分别对应的是德国和日本，所以是日本的最大值是1.6，德国的最大值是3.2