OG-104, thank you!

siebel

D, the best answer, is the first one that I excluded ;)



OG104  kEY: (D.)

Spending on R&D by US businesses for 1984 showed an increase of about 8
percent over 1983 level. This increase actually continued a downward trend
evident since 1981-when outlays for R&D increased 16.4 percent over 1980
spending. Clearly, the 25 percent tax credit enacted by Congress in 1981,
which was intended to promote spending on R&D, did little or nothing to
stimulate such spending.

The conclusion of the argument above cannot be true unless which of the
following is true?

D. In the absense of the 25 percent tax credit, business spending for
R&D after 1981 would not have been substantially lower than it was.

E. Tax credits marked for specific investments are rarely effective in
including businesses to make those investments.

chipmunk

D is just another way to demonstrate 'which was intended to promote spending on R&D, did little or nothing to stimulate such spending'.

siebel

谢谢chipmunk! 明白。

题目一个否定结论，问题中又是一个否定句，再加上一个unless，彻底绕晕。翻译成中文写在纸上以后，才搞清楚到底是问25%有用还是没用。

joywzy

没有25%的税时，企业花在科研和开发的费用并不比原来的低。对吗？
==》25%的税没有用。

BTW，这种题目是假设的一种问法。

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1stzhang

d是假设，e是加强。

tony6

请问tax credit究竟应该怎么翻译？谢谢。

LES

以下是引用tony6在2004-6-18 9:42:00的发言：
请问tax credit究竟应该怎么翻译？谢谢。

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tony6

以下是引用LES在2004-6-18 11:21:00的发言：


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好专业！字典上无论如何是查不到的拉。谢谢LES MM。

LES

金山词霸上查的。

robertchu

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