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anistonlucky

96. Prominent business executives often play active roles in United States presidential campaigns as fundraisers or backroom strategists, but few actually seek to become president themselves. Throughout history the great majority of those who have sought to become president have been lawyers, military leaders, or full-time politicians. This is understandable, for the personality and skills that make for success in business do not make for success in politics. Business is largely hierarchical, whereas politics is coordinative. As a result, business executives tend to be uncomfortable with compromises and power-sharing, which are inherent in politics.

 

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the proposed explanation of why business executives do not run for president?

 

A.     Many of the most active presidential fundraisers and backroom strategists are themselves politicians.

B.      Military leaders are generally no more comfortable with compromises and power-sharing than are business executives.

C.     Some of the skills needed to become a successful lawyer are different from some of those needed to become a successful military leader.

D.     Some former presidents have engaged in business ventures after leaving office.

E.      Some hierarchically structured companies have been major financial supporters of candidates for president.

 

Answer---B

Why not A?

B---if even military leaders are not comfortable the same as executives, but how can that indicate executives are not comfortable?

Like if I say others don’t like sth, then it can prove I don’t like sth either?

payo

A) 许多fundraiser是politician 这不代表商人是politician 商人只是fundraiser的一部分 无关

B) executives are not comfortable 是原文条件 原文not comfortable --> 不做politician；B打破这个推断 正确

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/8/8 10:28:16编辑过]

anistonlucky

Thanks

But B---executives are not comfortable---should not be the premise, it should be conclusion.

so now i need to weaken the conclusion.

I think B is the answer, but what i want to ask is B gives me an exception that other people who can be politican are not comfortable either,,,

i think this reasoning is not right either,,,

HOW can other people's situation can weaken my situation?

payo

这成阅读理解了。。。

题目问的是削弱the proposed explanation of why business executives do not run for president?

难道不是executives are not comfortable？

你的理解是executives do not run for president --> not comfortable?

anistonlucky

是的，我跟你想的一样，sorry，估计是我没说清楚，

我知道问题是---executives don't want to be president是因为他们not comfortable.

现在要weaken这个，

答案---可以当presidents的military leader他们也不comfortable。

但是我的问题是，这个reasoning is typical wrong，他们可以当president的人comfortable,or not comfortable根本就影响不了我作为executives人的weaken reasoing啊。

payo

你是不说不同人不可类比是吧？

这里我觉得和人无关

not comfortable --> dont want to be president B把这个推断打破了 典型的有因无果

不过你说的也有道理 但这里也只能选B了

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/8/8 11:22:21编辑过]