[XY09] Q11: In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
- The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
- During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
- Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
- Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
- During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.
我选C,答案是B. 为什么B对C错?
文中红色部分着眼的是未来不会,C说现在公立学校比起萧条前多请了20%的老师。能说明未来什么样子吗?
至于B,说经济好的时候有25%的学生给很多钱上私立学校,逆推,当经济萧条时这些孩子的父母给不起钱了就会把他们转到公立学校,这样公立学校的学生就会随着经济萧条而增加,教师的需求也增加,验证原文说的公立学校的教师职位not reduce.
如果这题问的不是加强而是assumption,我相信正确答案则是:
目前不是所有的孩子都在公立学校读书。
跟B选项其实是相对应的,如果全部都在公立学校,则不管外面经济风吹雨打,公立学校的教师职位都不会增加了。
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