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DianaCao

Three large companies and seven small companies currently manufacture a product with potential military applications.  If the government regulates the industry, it will institute a single set of manufacturing specifications to which all ten companies will have to adhere.  In this case, therefore, since none of the seven small companies can afford to convert their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications, only the three large companies will be able to remain in business.

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

None of the three large companies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product.

It would cost more to convert the production lines of the small companies to a new set of manufacturing specifications than it would to convert the production lines of the large companies.

Industry lobbyists will be unable to dissuade the government from regulating the industry.

Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.

None of the seven small companies currently manufactures the product to a set of specifications that would match those the government would institute if the industry were to be regulated.

这道题我认为选A。

因为如果在政府没有规定时，三个大公司就因为其它原因倒了，他们也就不会在政府做出规定时还remain in business 了。

请指教。

谢谢

bastencool

E。排出7小，剩3大。排7小的方法是改生产线没钱，不改又不符合规定。所以

不改又不符合规定即为假设。

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DianaCao

谢谢楼上的回复，对于E我理解了，可是A怎样才能证明是不正确的呢？我还是认为我的想法有道理。

谢谢再次指教

SkyGrit

最简单的就是通过两种不同类型公司的差异来进行判断； 如果搂主还不明白，可以通过最原始的方式； 答案a中，可以表达成：m ->n的表达，而文中正好是n->m的表达（ps:去除其他干扰成分）。

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以下是引用DianaCao在2005-8-8 0:18:00的发言：

谢谢楼上的回复，对于E我理解了，可是A怎样才能证明是不正确的呢？我还是认为我的想法有道理。

谢谢再次指教

原文的前提 has been consisten with A. (None of the three large companies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product).