TTGWD15-19 没讨论过，很急，谢谢大家！

mariewoo

    

Q19:

    

Aroca
                City currently
funds its public schools through taxes on property.  In place of this system, the city plans to
introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city.  Critics protest that three percent of
current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property
taxes.  The critics are correct on
this point.  Nevertheless, implementing
the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca’s schools.  Several large retailers have selected Aroca
                City
as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of
shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six
percent and more.  In consequence, retail
sales in Aroca
                    City are bound to increase
substantially.                                           

            

    

In the argument given, the two potions in boldface
play which of the following roles?

    

1. The first
        is an objection that has been raised against a certain plan; the second is
        a prediction that, if accurate, undermines the force of that objection.
2. The first
        is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is
        a point the argument makes in favor of adopting an alternative plan.
3. The first
        is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is
        the main reason cited by the argument for its endorsement of the
        criticism.
4. The first
        is a claim that the argument seeks to refute; the second is the main point
        used by the argument to show that the claim is false.
5. The first
        is a claim that the argument accepts with certain reservations; the second
        presents that claim in a rewarding that is not subject to those
        reservations.
6. 这题答案是D，E为什么不对呢？ 谢谢！
   

gonghao

The first is a claim that the argument accepts with certain reservations; the second presents that claim in a rewarding that is not subject to those reservations.

文章是反驳critics的观点，没有接受。 Nevertheless, implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca’s schools这点是对 The critics are correct on this point.的反驳。

mariewoo

那The critics are correct on this point这句话是起什么作用呢？不是让步作用吗？
我觉得作者是有保留的承认了critics的观点，但是举出了可能的consequence，在这个情况下critics的观点就not subject to those
     reservations.还有，我觉得E的rewarding应该是rewording
斑斑请继续指教，谢谢！

gonghao

现在看看，之前的理解应该是有误，

作者认为critics是对的，只是有其他的东西能弥补而已。

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-5-24 10:42:30编辑过]

uncertainty7

想請問A為什麼不行

總覺得A有那麼點味道是對的

作題時一直在A跟D之間煎熬!!

yogaII

我认为A更好.

Aroca
            City currently
funds its public schools through taxes on property.  In place of this system, the city plans to
introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city.  Critics protest that three percent of
current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property
taxes.  The critics are correct on
this point.  Nevertheless, implementing
the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca’s schools.  Several large retailers have selected Aroca
            City
as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of
shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six
percent and more.  In consequence, retail
sales in Aroca
                City are bound to increase
substantially.         

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-10-16 9:16:34编辑过]

beibei649

同样支持A！！！！！！！！

raikey

vote for A.

"The argument does not seek to refute the first point. It is a fact that three percent of current retail sales is less than the amount that property taxes bring in. The argument seeks to show that the first point is not so strong because retail sales are expected to increase. Thus, the first point is "an objection that has been raised against" the plan to replace property taxes with a sales tax, and the second point is "a prediction [that retail sales will rise] that, if accurate, undermines the force of that objection." The answer is A."

引自TestMagic Forum的"800Bob"(a real 800 score guy)

http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-critical-reasoning/18781-aroca-city-boldface.html?highlight=Aroca+City

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-5-24 0:58:17编辑过]

mypiao

ai,一strugle就strugle了2分30s,郁闷

amolin

Voting for A... "D" is too absolute and totally missing the meaning in lines.