一道很具迷惑的题目，已有8位英雄折腰！（答案）

Factiva

I'm taken a course with Kaplan and asked a trainer on this, the answer is (B), I'm so confused as she didn't even think (D) is remote close. Which one should I choose?

enhance

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 clientele.The company is now planing to launch a housewares catalog using the same concept.
The company's plan assumes that

b)an upscale clientele would be interested in a housewares catalog

d)a magazinelike format requires a copywriter and a graphic artist

谈谈我的想法:    答案应该选(B).

因为原文中公司的目的是"appeal to a more upscale clientele"

(B)清楚表达了公司只有认为 upscale clientele 喜欢 housewares catalog,
才会planing to launch a housewares catalog .

(D) 选项中含有a copywriter and a graphic artist, 但实际情况可能会需要多个copywriter
或多个artist, 所以不是最优答案.

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-8 12:34:33编辑过]

祈晴坊主

其实归根到底

B不是充分条件
象dc讲的那样

但是，不论GWD还是狒狒，都说过，GMAT逻辑选的是必要性，而非充分性

所以，我觉得还是B好

cognito

以下是引用fyhllj在2003-10-4 22:56:00的发言：
鉴于大家对b的疑惑，我可以举出b三点错误来

b)an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog

1.其缺少核心词magazine-like format. that is a concept of this argument. without out it, you cannot support or weaken.

2.be interested in 不等于buy
我对钻石有兴趣，这不意味着我要去买。
we cannot read too much in choice to make it work.

3.全局和个体的差异
housewares catalog不等于magazine-like format housewares catalog
我们先假设
据个例子，我be interested in 等于buy
我对汽车感兴趣，所以，我会买各种汽车。
这显然不是事实，很多人对有些牌子的汽车不感冒，例如我就不喜欢日本车，就因为它是日本造。
所以，我们不能架设
an upscale clientelte would be interested in a housewares catalog
就认为，an upscale clientelte must be interested in our magazine-like format housewares catalog

希望对大家有所帮助，
fyhllj

这道题我读了很多遍
现在我开始认为答案是b
d的问题我觉得在于：
错误的把copywriter 和 grafic artist 当作唯一的达到magazine format的手段
这两者只是 这个公司appeal to a more upscale customer的手段 并非目的
这个公司假设的只是 a magazine format attracts a more upscale customer. thats all.
通过什么方法来达到这个结果实现这个假设并不是最重要的

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-18 10:04:15编辑过]

sunbird

我一开始觉得是A
公司之所以有big jump，就是因为有了design appeal upscale。
若不存在其他的catalog与之竞争，该公司就可以延续设计思路，吸引更多的人。

yzlinlin

这题我是毫不犹豫地选了B，而且把D当无关选项排除出去了。我还是支持我的B，比较吻合ETS出题的套路，而D显得有些牵强。

PopularKing

There are more than 8 heros being shot down by this question.

I think B is the anwer!
B said "an upscale clientele would be interested in a housewares catalog".
(1)If we look at the stem, we can see this housewares catalog is catalog having the same concept, in other words, magezine-like format catalog.
(2)If you think that it lacks "magazine-like format key" word, the ans. should still B.
Because if an upscale clientele do not interest in a housewares catalog, a large scope including magazine-like format catalog, that means they do not like any housewares catalogs, therefore the concept would not be successfull for sure.  

D seems irrelevent to the argument in question, for not only copywriter and graphic designer can make this concept a reality, a good computer software may just do the trick.

carelife

B,sure!

jijingji

我选C.
首先排除A,D,E, 这三项几乎都是无关选项. 主要是在B和C之间.题目说,取得a jump的原因是请了某某牛人, 然后这个Catalog吸引**人. B说要apeal同样的客户, 其实不一定. 题目主要想说某某牛人的设计牛,能吸引人. 所以只要同样是某某牛人设计就ok了.所以选C.

见笑了, 对吗?

rolling

B is the correct answer for sure!