求助：GWD4-20

lym021411

During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company’s total payouts on car-theft claims were larger than the company can afford to sustain.  Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way.  Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount to holders of car-theft policies whose cars have antitheft devices.  Many policyholders will respond to the discount by installing antitheft devices, since the amount of the discount will within two years typically more than cover the cost of installation.  Thus, because cars with antitheft devices are rarely stolen, Pro-Tect’s plan is likely to reduce its annual payouts.

 

In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

 

1. The first rules out a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second presents the strategy that was adopted instead and whose effectiveness the argument assesses.
2. The first is a judgment made in support of a certain conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
3. The first has been used as a consideration to support adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second reports a decision to adopt an alternative strategy.
4. The first provides evidence in favor of adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second reports a decision to pursue an alternative goal.
5. The first is a consideration offered against adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second is the main conclusion that the argument is seeking to establish.

答案说是A，个人认为很不靠谱，应该在BC里面选一个，C相对比较好。不知道大家怎么认为？

lieslhe

答案应该是A。因为第一个boldface句子排除了“reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries”这个策略，第二个boldface句子则根据前文提出了一个替代的"discount"策略，而最后面的两个句子都是在评价"discount"这个策略。

graceyin7

我支持C..

chamcham

A.

C: the first boldface is a fact rather a consideration. Beside, it is again a strategy rather than support one

idle_lie

first boldface虽说是个fact,但是也是采取后面那种办法的原因啊,还是看不出来C错在哪里,再求教~