一道很具迷惑的题目，已有8位英雄折腰！（答案）

eaglegrace

我认为应该选D。
B错在题目中并没有说houseware catalog 是为了吸引more upscale clientle。只是说想要使用相同的概念制作这个catalog。这个assumption是制作catalog的前提。

gavin1911

B.an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog

meivan

我觉得是b 不管是看原文还是翻译过来的中文，按照逻辑思维，concept就是magazine like format而不可能是其他。老外的脑子没那么复杂。

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到几位nn的讨论，让我想起小时候学鲁迅的课文，老师左一个引申，右一个联想，一句话里面可以做出好多文章。我当时就觉得，鲁迅老人家要是泉下看到他一时
有感而发写的一文，却被后人百般演绎,肯定会笑的晕过去。GMAT出题的也是这样，我不认为他们倾向于考那么曲里拐弯的思维。直接，简洁就好。

我选b，理由已经被上面各位重复了好多次了。

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以下是引用mindfree在2003-10-24 9:47:00的发言：
What a discussion...

Assumption is always a gap-filling premise hidden and undisclosed. It is a required condition. Without it, the conclusion is unwarranted.

so we need to find the premises and the conclusion first and understand the reasoning.

The premise is that company did X for A, and Y happened.
Conclusion is that the company can do X for B, and Y will happen (it is not manifested, only hinted)
You can see that the premises contains some reasoning (premises and conclusion) itself.

Now we can test the choices:

C is wrong. If not C, the conclusion can still hold. C does not fill any gap. For C to be right, there should be somehting in the sentence that reads like "the copywriter and graphic artist used their patented design...and the company want the same design for both clothing and houseware catalogues". So C simply stated one possible scenario, not an assumption.

Let's look at D.
If not D "a magazinelike format does not require a copywriter and a graphic artist", can the conclusion still hold? I say YES. Put it this way, a company does not necessarily need a copywriter and a graphic artist to do the magazinelike format. But this statement does not dampen the reasoning that a company can use a copywriter and a graphic artist to design the magazinelike format, then appeal to upscale, then improve sales. Allow me to use a simpler example: To get rich does not require winning a lottery, but it cannot rule out that fact that winining a lottery can get people rich.

Now B. 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.

One more comment about "key word". fhlly mentioned that "require" is a magic word in this question and another question jq_jau brought up. However, in the second sample question choice D, "cannot be employed without" has the same meaning as "require". I do not see how one key word can solve a whole problem here.

Comments are welcome.

OMG，崇拜！！！

ritachen1214

我选A

spzeng

以下是引用remeo在2003-9-30 16:55:00的发言：
A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalog a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle.The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.
The company's plan assumes that
a)other housewares catalogs with magazinelike formats do not already exist
b)an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog
c)the same copywriter and graphic artist could be employed for both the clothing and housewares catalogs
d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist
e)customers to whom the old clothing catalog appealed would continue to make purchases from catalogs with the new format

我认为这道题应该选D。

请大家看一下最后一句The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.我认为整个题目的关键在于理解using the same concept。

那么什么是launch a housewares catalog using the same concept呢？

从第一句可以看出是hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalog a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle。即same concept必须是要hire a copywriter and a graphic artist.

所以得到对答案D取非，即a magazinelike format dose not require a copywriter and a graphic artist
就构成了对same concept的削弱。

我在对B重点解释一下我的理解。same concept是要appeal to a more upscale clientle。与upscale clientle's  interesting 无关。不感兴趣不代表不能appeal to。同时第一句话中A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales 对于整个题目的判断没有联系，但却构成了一个巨大的迷惑。如果去掉第一句after以前的话再看这道题，答案D就很明显是正确的了。

我认为这道题目的关键在于判断取非削弱的是什么，在这里是要削弱是same concept而并非带来jump in sales.

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ljc0729

没想到这样一题可以引发那么多牛牛那么多不同的看法,我想LZ自己都没有想到过吧.

看了那么多,我还是想把自己的想法公布一下,希望能够给各位一个不同角度的看法.

A mail order company recently had a big jump in clothing sales after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalog a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle.The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.
The company's plan assumes that
a)other housewares catalogs with magazinelike formats do not already exist
b)an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog
c)the same copywriter and graphic artist could be employed for both the clothing and housewares catalogs
d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist
e)customers to whom the old clothing catalog appealed would continue to make purchases from catalogs with the new format

公司CLOTHING SALES 上升了,原因是magazine-like format appeal a more upscale clientle.

magazine-like format 需要C和G来完成.

现在公司用SAME CONCEPT去LAUCH一个HOUSEWARE CATALOG，目的是为什么呢？当然也是希望和clothing sales 一样，能够有big sales了。

问题的关键来了，公司CLOTHING SALES上去了，是因为appeal upscare clientle 呢，还是因为magazine like format.

我的理解是能够吸引高端客户更为重要。因为做Magazine-like format 就是为了吸引高端客户。

我想一定有其他一些东西也可以用来吸引高端客户，但是没有必要一定是magazine like format的东东。

既然我们知道了magazine LIke format 其实那么重要了，那它是不是需要c和G来完成也就显得没那么重要了。

所以如果要让HOUSEWARE的PLAN 成功，关键是怎么样吸引高端客户。所以B也就对了。

sparkchen

我選D

因為要擴大假設範圍

因為要using the same concept

所以要擴大原先假設a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist

因為如果不需要兩者的話，就不需一定要using the same concept

moonseeme

c