GWD13-23

lily9817

Q23:
In January of last year the Moviemania chain of movie theaters started propping its popcorn in canola oil, instead of the less healthful coconut oil that it had been using until then.  Now Moviemania is planning to switch back, saying that the change has hurt popcorn sales.  That claim is false, however, since according to Moviemania’s own sales figures, Moviemania sold 5 percent more popcorn last year than in the previous year.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument against Moviemania’s claim?

A.Total sales of all refreshments at Moviemania’s movie theaters increased by less than 5 percent last year.
B.Moviemania makes more money on food and beverages sold at its theaters than it does on sales of movie tickets.
C.Moviemania’s customers prefer the taste of popcorn popped in coconut oil to that of popcorn popped in canola oil.
D.Total attendance at Moviemania’s movie theaters was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before.
E.The year before last, Moviemania experienced a 10 percent increase in popcorn sales over the previous year.

题目问反对Moviemania’s claim的支持。我理解的Moviemania’s claim是“canola oil 影响了爆米花的销售，所以要换回之前的coconut oil”吗？为何要选A呢？请NN们指导。

clarehou

同问：题中说了Moviemania's是说canola oily降低了popcorn的销量，才要换回coconut oil.A 并不能解释这个，反而和前提矛盾了呀？？？

           

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-2-19 12:47:35编辑过]

clarehou

非常感谢！！

lily9817

明白了！

确实是因为没能仔细读出A的深层含义，所以当时觉得几个答案都不对。

Thanks！

hydepark

月落乌啼

“题干中指出strongly supports the argument against Moviemania’s claim既支持后半段的内容（因为后半段已经给出argument against。。。）

也就是支持“用coconut oil的爆米花比用canola oil的爆米花更受欢迎”（由于这句话未出现在原文 所以已经进入推理过程）”
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2L同学的分析很有道理，可是这里是不是写反了？应该支持的是用canola的比用coconut的更受欢迎吧

stephnie

A就是支持canola oil，也就是反对换回来，反对Moviemania’s claim

ranvolski

2L写得简直是太棒了

沐光

hydepark 发表于 2009-5-22 09:17

同感~  分析得很好。但是题目解释好像弄反了