PREP0708里的一道题

skipp

A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product.  But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities.  Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a consideration that has been raised to argue that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the second presents that strategy.

(B) The first is a consideration raised to support the strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

(D) The first is an assumption, rejected by the argument, that has been used to justify a course of action; the second presents that course of action.

(E) The first is a consideration that has been used to justify pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second presents a course of action that has been adopted in pursuit of that goal.

前面这个BOLD里提的策略是charge the maximum possible price for such a product

然后是一个转折BUT

后面的BOLD里又出现了一个策略： to charge less than the greatest possible price

这明显是两个不一样的策略呀~为什么答案选C呢？？两个策略一样。。

skipp

之前讨论过过，还是不太懂。。。这题考试必错啊。。。

skipp

自己再顶一下。。

skipp

没有人吗。。。

Huahuahuahua233

怎么也觉得C不对啊…

candycan123

因为这道题目有很多标黑版本，如果你这道题目没有错误的话，你可以通过比较选项来得出答案。这道题的逻辑可以这么看：为了在其他公司也有该技术前获得最大的利益，公司会给这个技术买的最贵；但是买的越贵越会促使其他公司去努力发明该技术。因此应该卖的比最贵便宜一点。因为总利益=卖的钱数*能卖的天数，这里默认卖的越久卖的越多，也要注意C选项appeal这个单词，对比B选项，他说的是第一个黑体解释了最后政策的吸引力，就是说，通过第一个黑体+but这个转折共同的得出了最后的结论，你说的那个错误是B的错误，C并没有提到第一个黑体里的策略。除了要关注转折连词外还要综合考虑整体的逻辑语义，再加上对比选项。