LSAT-19-1-11

qierliu

11. If the needle on an industrial sewing machine becomes badly worn, the article being sewn can be ruined. In traditional apparel factories, the people who operate the sewing machines monitor the needles and replace those that begin to wear out. Industrial sewing operations are becoming increasingly automated, however, and it would be inefficient for a factory to hire people for the sole purpose of monitoring needles. Therefore a sophisticated new acoustic device that detects wear in sewing machine needles is expected to become standard equipment in the automated apparel factories of the future.

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

(A) In automated apparel factories, items will be ruined by faulty needles less frequently than happens in traditional apparel factories

(B) In the automated apparel factories of the future each employee will perform only one type of task.

(C) Traditional apparel factories do not use any automated equipment.

(D) The needles of industrial sewing machines wear out at unpredictable rates.

(E) As sewing machine needles become worn, the noise they make becomes increasingly loud

THE ANSWER IS D,HOW TO CONNECT THE ANSWE WHIT THE ARGUMENT?

meixiapeng

我觉得agrument主要讲在industrial sewing中用人inefficient，所以用device取代。只有d合适。如果象e所说的话，那人也是可以发现needle worn out，这样的话正说明可以用人来专门处理。分工的细密说明工厂更应该找人专门管理这方面问题。其他都与选项无关。

Snazzy

choice D is irrevelant, it can not be drawn from the passage. on the contrary, A is more likely to be right the worn needls can ruin the works, vice versa

Bensontuo

qierliu 发表于 2003-12-5 16:22
11. If the needle on an industrial sewing machine becomes badly worn, the article being sewn can be  ...

Typical must be true question

P1: If the needle on an industrial sewing machine becomes badly worn, the article being sewn can be ruined.

P2: People who operate the sewing machines monitor the needles and replace those that begin to wear out.

P3: Industrial sewing operations are becoming increasingly automated, and it would be inefficient for a factory to hire people for the only purpose of monitoring needles.

C: a sophisticated new acoustic device that detects wear in sewing machine needles is expected to become standard equipment in the automated apparel factories of the future.

Core of the argument :

People in traditional apparel industry would replace the needle vs Automated apparel industry, since it won't be efficient to hire the people to monitor the the needle, so an new acoustic devices to detect wear needle would be standard equipment.

OK, so if we need " monitor " for the wear needle, it must be true that the without monitoring, we neither can not " predict " nor " detect " it.

A. It is not necessary to be either less frequently or more frequently, as long as a worn out case happened, we really need monitor it and detect it.

B. So ? It is not necessary to be true. We are talking about a intangible trend must be happened due to the characteristics.

C. even if traditional factories " do " use it, it would not really relevant whether the device could be the standpoint or not.

D. Exactly as what we predicted. Its unpredictable, and that's why we need to monitor it.

E. of the scope.