一道很具迷惑的题目，已有8位英雄折腰！（答案）

wuyw2010

c和d之间小纠结一下选了d
首先a，gmat CR经常涉及比较对象，这里after表明是自己前后进行纵向比较，没有涉及横向，千万不要想多，特别是学商科的同学看到这题说不定习惯性地4p,swot,波特五力都蹦出来了。。
b公司现在要lauch houseware catalog是因为找到upscale cliente感兴趣的catalog么？可能有所考虑，但主要原因明显不是这个，big jump是靠这个new concept，而不是靠找到upscale client感兴趣的catalog
e没有提到这部分customer，那我们就不要多想了，继续看c和d
c和d选择时看到same concept就明白了并不是这两个cw和ga多nb使得有big jump，而是cw+ga design magazinelike format这种模式

我觉得做CR很多所谓难题就是一些选项凭国人的智商或习惯性推断会觉得绝对是正确的，这时候要把自己当个白痴，只通过题中的信息去判断，国内的考试都是考查三四步思路的，CR这种考察一步思路的反而极不适应

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

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-3 8:46:46编辑过]

-- by 会员 remeo (2003/9/30 16:55:00)

chris8849

c对不。。

bijinjing

是c吗？

月照琳琅

看了fyhllj的解释，醍醐灌顶阿
佩服之至

学习了一次

laiweizhou

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
看了各位牛牛的回答，受益很深，我也谈下我的理解，大家可以一起探讨（我认为关键是把give改为make就很好理解了）
原句简化为：P发生了，是因为hire A后，A make B成为了C ，而C的功效是D      (请关注这里的B和C不是一个概念，例如我通过给让人讨厌的小红1化妆整容，让小红1成为了一个人见人爱的小红2)
结论P发生了。前提1hire A   前提2  A 让B成为了C
在题干中想要通过类比进行论证，必须要前提相同，结论才能相同。 类比中只是满足了前提2. 所以我们的assumption中，必须要补出前提1也要同时存在。  前提2require前提1. 就很好地弥补了这个gap
另外C选项中，用not necessary 取非可以排除。因为因为并没有说一定要一样。after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist  并没有说是 hiring the right copywriter and  graphic artist  也就是说没有强调the special的概念

呵呵，所以我赞成选D的牛牛的意见。 核心词必须是a magazinelike format 。 而不能是a housewares catalog
注意理解 make A B,让A变成B，A和B是不同的两样东西了

anenxi

我选B, 因为他们的目的就是 designed to appeal to a more upscale clientle

落雨江南

我选c，先用逆否命题推一下，首先排除a，d，e，给我疑惑最大的是b选项，后来让我选c的是因为b选项里的an

laiweizhou

其实这个就是条件逻辑，由于C具备前提1和前提2 。所以C成功了.  结论  如果D具备前提2，那么D一定会获得成功。   结论隐含的意思是D中德前提2本身就是包含在前提1中.   也就是说有前提2，必有前提1.                        例如 一只动物要具备生下婴儿能力，这只动物必须是人，而且是女人。  推论D是人女人，所以D具备生下婴儿能力。 也就是说，必须假设女人必须是人。

deerxiaolu

为嘛我就直接选D了？还以为错了呢~没那么纠结吧。。。

zhuoliuzhou

我觉得题目最重要是理解CONCEPT，根据前后文对比，可知the same concept是指 hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its “certain things” catalog a magazine-like format ，所以assumption就很明显是补充copywriter and a graphic artist 和magazine-like format 之间的关系。也许是老外对concept这个词的用法跟我们正常翻译过来的“概念”意思有出入吧