一道很具迷惑的题目，已有8位英雄折腰！（答案）

zida

c)the same copywriter and graphic artist could be employed for both the clothing and housewares catalogs
The answer is C, but not totally positive. If am I right, the question comes from one of these books: ARCO; 800score; Barron’s GMAT; GMAT CAT: 6 Full Length Practice Exams; and Gmat Cat Success 2004 (Peterson’s). But anyway, thanks for such heated discussion. I learned more from you guys.

2love2live

I just met this in the sample test provided by princeton review cracking the gmat 1996 edition - old book, I chose B and the answer is B,

I am quoting the explanation provided:

"This is an analogy argument. The magazine-like houseware catalog is being launched because the company expects it to appeal to the same upscale clientele that its clothing catalog appealed to. The key word in the passage that might have alerted you to the analogy was the word "same". The assumption on which this argument depends is that the two catalogues are analogous - that it actually will attract the same clientele. ACDE are all outside the scope of the argument. The correct answer is choice B."

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and - since i am doing an old book from back in 1996 (paper based testing prevailed at that time - and it was believed that the questions that appear at the beginning of a session should be the easiest - this question - in the sample test section 5 - is the FIRST question.

so i prefer to think NNs are thinking too much

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大家想的好复杂。我宣B. 题目是问plan的assumption. 这个plan是要launch a housewares catalog using the same concept。要这样做首先假设这样可行，如果没有B,则计划失效.  then the answer is obvious , B

seaverr

这是HightGMAT CR-1中的一道题, 答案绝对是B

kid

出题的人看到大家这样疯狂地讨论一定很惊讶.
可能是他想的太少了.
只讲讲我个人的观点:
1.concept:a magazine-like format designed catalog to appeal to a more upscale clientle
2.前提中,从clothing catalog到"magazine-like format designed" clothing catalog,upscale们买的多了,已经说明upscale是对magazine-like format有兴趣.
3.B中,an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog
   中间有两条链(1)interested in就是appeal to,像题干中所说的,appeal to了,所以有了jump;
                     (2)houseware ,填上了 magazine like format designed catalog的空.

obviously,D没有和upscale有联系,因此就啥啥了.

多谢前面众牛牛的指点,读了这题,我想我已经可以暝目了.和和~~

ambersmile

I think it's C
I think the "jump" used here means

ambersmile

I think it's C
"jump" here means a trends of 'jumping higher", and therefore, the owners want to continue the success in its houseware sales.
Then their assumption is that the same style could be obtained by the same designers, which will lead to another similar success.
When I took" jump" as jump downwards, well, I couldn't understand understand any of the answers ETS offered.

Applepie3

A

groundkeeper

B

redredfox

B。 I like the hot atmosphere here. Having reviewed all guys and girls' responses, I think only those for B can explain effecitively, especially this:

'If not B "an upscale clientelte would NOT be interested in a housewares catalog", then the link between the premise and the conclusion is broken. You can see that the link the premise is "a copywriter and a graphic designer --> magazinelike format --> appeal to unscale clientile --> improved sale". "Not B" breaks the link, and the conclusion cannot hold any more.'