费费逻辑宝典题3讨论！

lemonee

3. Because of the recent recession in Country A most magazines published there have experienced decreases in advertising revenue, so much so that the survival of the most widely read magazines is in grave doubt. At the same time, however, more people in Country A are reading more magazines than ever before, and the number of financially successful magazines in Country A is greater than ever.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resole the apparent discrepancy in the information above?
(A) Most magazines reduce the amount they charge for advertisement’s during a recession.
(B) The audience for a successful television show far exceeds the readership of even the most widely read magazine.
(C) Advertising is the main source of revenue only for the most widely read magazines; other magazines rely on circulation for their revenue.
(D) Because of the recession, people in Country A have cut back on magazine subscriptions and are reading borrowed magazines.
(E) More of the new general interest magazines that were launched this year in Country A have survived than survived in previous years.
给出的答案C
解释：
C：抓住了分歧点：read magazine和financially successful magazines的区别
D：无法解释后一现象
我认为选D
C 抓住了分歧点,但无法解释为什么more people read more magazine
d 说明今年有新发行的刊物解释前一现象。more survival 解释the greater number of financially successful magazines

mindfree

It is C.

You need to know first what is to be explained here. It is the "disprepancy": more people are reading magazines and more magazines are financially successful vs. advertising revenue down and mostly read magazines are in danger.

More people are reading managzines is just a fact. You do not need to explain it. D does not explain the discrepancy in the statement. It only explains, as you pointed out, the second part of the facts.

BTW, are you choosing E? How do you relate "survived" to "finacially successful"? If you are a financial analyst in investment banking, your bank will lose big money. hehe