一道费费逻辑,请指教/FeiFei-22

qiuxiaofei

第22题
In 1992, a major newspaper circulated throughout North American paid its reporters an average salary paid by its principle competitors to their reporters. An executive of the newspaper argued that this practice was justified, since any shortfall that might exist in the reporters' salaries is fully compensated by the valuable training they receive through their assignments.
Which one of the following, if true about the newspaper in 1992, most seriously undermines the justification offered by the executive?
A.Senior reporters at the newspaper earned as much as reporters of similar stature who worked for the mewspaper's principle competitors.
B.Most of the newspaper's reporters had worked there for more than ten years.
C.The circulation of the newspaper had recently reached a plateau, after it had increased steadily throughout the 1980s.
D.The union that represented reporters at the newspaper was different from the union that represented reporters at the newspaper's competitors.
E.The newspaper was widely read throughout continental Europe and Great Britain as well as North America.
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sxmeimei

My Answer is B.  My 2 cents:

According to An executive : average salary + valuable training = justified salary
but since B: Most of the newspaper's reporters had worked there for more than ten years,
they ( newspaper's reporters )don't need to have any valuable training, so B most seriously undermines the justification offered by the executive.

BTW, I am just a small bird, dream to be a NN someday, but I know it won't be true ever!

深海的小美人鱼

I agree with sxmeimei.
the answer should be B

susan7375

虽然其他选项更不好，但也没有觉得B就正确了。
因为training是完全可以，而且在实际的工作中也确实是贯穿一个职员的整个职业生涯的呀。而且，工作时间越久，职务也就越高，相应的traing越高级，费用也会越高才对呀。
我觉得这道题有点与common sence 不一致。持保留意见！

susan7375

对不起，收回刚才的意见。

忘了关键的限定条件：by the valuable training they receive （through their assignments. ）说明不是外部专门的培训。

creditadvice

我还是有疑问啊：

首先，VALUABLE TRAINING并没有与费用挂钩啊，EXECUTIVE的意思是这种VALUE还是无形的呢。

其次，难道说做了10年的记者就不需要TRAINING 了吗？无论通过哪种方式TRAINING，现在哪一家公司的文化不是强调LIFE-LONG TRAINING啊？

dashasha

creditadvice mm，你不要想的太多了，我觉得这道题就是选B。

creditadvice

SHASHA JJ,

我一想就想多了 -  错题；

一不想就想不周全了 - 又错题。

郁闷

ippohsu

我覺得這題的答案是A

因為題目是拿major newspaper reporter的薪水和其競爭對手的reporter的薪水比

executive的言下之意是雖然我們給reporter的薪水跟其他競爭者reporter的薪水差不多

但是我們給予我們的reporter好的訓練

A指出major newspaper reporter學的東西和競爭對手reporter學的一樣多

也就是說major newspaper reporter並沒有從訓練方面得到補償

所以我覺得A才是正確答案

請各位NN指教

ricky663

大家注意到没，不是TRAINING有价值，而是ASSIGNMENT带来的TRANINING有价值，所以十年下来有好多ASSIGNMENTS了，你们说对吗？因此B是对的