费费NO.128 请教!

jackie32

128. The public in the United States has in the past been conditioned to support a substantial defense budget by the threat of confrontation with the Eastern bloc. Now that that threat is dissolving, along with the Eastern bloc itself, it is doubtful whether the public can be persuaded to support an adequate defense budget.

Which one of the following indicates a weakness in the position expressed above?

(A) It presupposes that public opinion can be manipulated indefinitely, without the public’s becoming aware of that manipulation.

(B) It refers to past and present events that do not have a causal connection with public support of the budget.

(C) It assumes as fact what it seeks to establish by

(D) It fails to give any reason for the judgement it reaches.

(E) It hinges on the term “adequate”, the precise meaning of which requires reevaluation in the new context.

正确选项是E, 能解释下B 为何不对吗? E 为何正确?

dphxmg

过去，由于华约集团的存在，美国老百姓赞成大规模的防务预算。现在，既然华约集团解散，这种危胁也不存在了，所以，说服老百姓赞成一个充分的防务预算也就不太可能。

dphxmg

题干提及的历史事实跟跟公众对防务预算的支持没有因果联系。