这到题目答案给的对吗？

miraere

During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company’s total payouts on car-theft claims were larger than the company can afford to sustain.  Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way.  Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount to holders of car-theft policies whose cars have antitheft devices.  Many policyholders will respond to the discount by installing antitheft devices, since the amount of the discount will within two years typically more than cover the cost of installation.  Thus, because cars with antitheft devices are rarely stolen, Pro-Tect’s plan is likely to reduce its annual payouts.

 

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

 

1. The first rules out a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second presents the strategy that was adopted instead and whose effectiveness the argument assesses.
2. The first is a judgment made in support of a certain conclusion; the second is that conclusion.
3. The first has been used as a consideration to support adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second reports a decision to adopt an alternative strategy.
4. The first provides evidence in favor of adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second reports a decision to pursue an alternative goal.
5. The first is a consideration offered against adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second is the main conclusion that the argument is seeking to establish.

GWD4第20题，我选的是C，答案给的A，A怎么可能是rule out a certain strategy呢？

想听听大家的意见。

viviansecret

这个肯定是A的。原文意思就是说，这家保险公司的赔偿支出太高了。可是这家公司又不能降低它现有的政策的数量以此来降低赔偿支出（这是第一个黑体字句子的内容，简言之就是说改政策行不通）。因此这家保险公司想通过提供一个折扣给那些装了防盗装置的客户们这样一种方式来降低赔偿支出（第二句黑体字内容）。后面具体阐述这个方法的可行性。这正好印证了A的解释：第一个黑体句子排除了一个策略，第二个句子展示了一个可以替代的可行性策略。

miraere

Viviansecret,谢谢你的回答。

rule out应该不是排除一个策略而是制定出策略的意思吧，所以觉得A有问题。

viviansecret

rule out就是“排除”的意思