Prep2-23

michellehyy

23.
     (28303-!-item-!-188;#058&003943)

 

 

 

A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the maximum possible price for such a product.  But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities.  Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

(A) The first is a consideration that has been raised to argue that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the second presents that strategy.

(B) The first is a consideration raised to support the strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

(D) The first is an assumption, rejected by the argument, that has been used to justify a course of action; the second presents that course of action.

(E) The first is a consideration that has been used to justify pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second presents a course of action that has been adopted in pursuit of that goal.

-

The answer is C. But I am quite confused. I think the first half C states us correct, but the second half is wrong. The strategy in the fisrt boldface should be to charge the maximum possible price, but the strategy in second boldface should be to charge less than the greatest possible price. The C choice regarded them as the same one, why?

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-3-2 16:59:24编辑过]

michellehyy

灭有银理么？再呼唤一下！！！

alibaba_2009

这道题我也错了。不过我想了一下，我觉得
            charge the maximum possible price应该不是strategy，这里用的charge是一般时态，所以这句话是一个evidence，也就是一个consideration。