GWD17-9

justintime

Q9:

Press Secretary:  Our critics claim that the President’s recent highway project cancellations demonstrate a vindictive desire to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties.  They offer as evidence the fact that 90 percent of the projects canceled were in such districts.  But all of the canceled projects had been identified as wasteful in a report written by respected nonpartisan auditors.  So the President’s choice was clearly motivated by sound budgetary policy, not partisan politics.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the press secretary’s argument depends?

Canceling highway projects was not the only way for the President to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties.

The scheduled highway projects identified as wasteful in the report were not mostly projects in districts controlled by the President’s party.

The number of projects canceled was a significant proportion of all the highway projects that were to be undertaken by the government in the near future.

The highway projects canceled in districts controlled by the President’s party were not generally more expensive than the projects canceled in districts controlled by opposition parties.

Reports by nonpartisan auditors are not generally regarded by the opposition parties as a source of objective assessments of government projects.

答案是B，我选E，理由：E前提改写

E  Reports by nonpartisan auditors are not generally regarded by the opposition parties as a source of objective assessments of government projects.

原文前提较常见说法－－－政府决策依据－－>无党派人士审计报告是合理的，E改写这种说法：反对党不认为无党派人士审计报告是政府工程项目客观评估的来源，也就是政府决策依据不可信。否认E无法表明原文推理成立！

NN给个意见！没人理？

charmant

E说,反对党不认为无党派人士报告合理

原文为了说明合理，Press secretary为了对反对党说明：总统不是为了报复而是为了预算才取消的计划。引用了一个无党派人士的报告。E说，如果反对党不认为这报告合理，也就没办法达到结论了。所以如果没有not，就是assumption。

B，wasteful的project都在总统辖区是必要条件，如果都在反对党辖区，就不具有说服力了

justintime

Thanks！E我明白了，可B怎么理解，能翻译一下吗？特别是mostly!

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