请教2个逻辑题目

dreadpower

In 1980, a Danish ten-øre coin minted in 1747 was sold at auction for $8,000. Eleanor Bixby owns another Danish ten-øre coin minted in 1747. When she puts it on the market next week, it will fetch a price over $18,000.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion drawn above?

(A) Since 1980, the average price for rare coins has increased by over 150 percent.

(B) There are only four coins like the one in question in the entire world.

(C) Since 1980, the consumer price index has risen by over 150 percent.

(D) In 1986, a previously unknown cache of one hundred coins just like the one in question was found.（D）


(E) Thirty prominent, wealthy coin collectors are expected to bid for Bixby’s coin.


答案是D，有点疑惑。文章说的是When she puts it on the market next week, it will fetch a price over $18,000. 这里的时间点是next week，并没说具体时间。假设这个next week发生于1986年前，似乎不能削弱啊？


当然这个题目排除一下，好象也只有D可能对了，但是实在不能理解ETS出这种经不起推敲的题目，或者还是我理解问题？？？

8.                 Which of the following best completes the passage below?

A primary factor in perpetuating the low salaries of women workers has been their segregation in the so-called pink-collar occupations, such as nursing, teaching, library science, and secretarial work. Partly because these jobs have traditionally been held by women, their salary levels have been depressed, and, despite increased attempts to unionize these workers in recent years, their pay continues to lag. Moreover, although a large percentage of women than ever before are now entering and remaining in the job market, most continue to gravitate toward the pink-collar fields, despite the lower salaries. It seems clear, therefore, that if the average salaries of women workers are to approach those of men, ______

(A) labor unions must redouble their efforts to improve the lot of working women

(B) society’s perception of pink-collar jobs as less important and less demanding than other jobs must be changed

(C) more men must be encouraged to enter fields traditionally occupied by women

(D) the number of jobs in the pink-collar fields relative to the size of the work force as a whole must be markedly increased（E）

(E) more women must enter occupations other than those traditionally reserved for them

实在无法理解为什么选E，我觉得选C还差不多。读了很多次，怎么都觉得E和原文没什么关系

ecsniffer

dreadpower


the first question:


When she puts it on the market next week, it will fetch a price over $18,000.


D:In 1986, a previously unknown cache of one hundred coins just like the one in question was found.


从时态上可以判断，1986年一定在next week之前


赫赫，有的时候语法知识还是很好用的~~


    

chaseliu

还想讨论一下


1中结论是NEXT WEEK卖的比以前贵了吗？WEAKEN就WEAKEN结论，A,B,C，E是在SUPPORT，那就只好从D中推了


2中说if the average salaries of women workers are to approach，而most continue to gravitate toward the pink-collar fields, despite the lower salaries，所以要改变平均的说只能提高大部分的salaries了


以上是我的理解，不同的理解接着讨论

ecsniffer

the second question:


第一次我也选择C。


看了答案以后觉得C的确有问题。整段推理都在讲women，最后结论却说的是men，不合逻辑。


对E我也不能很好的理解，谁给具体说说。



    

weiyu

E对吗？; 女的平均工资接近男的，说明其高收入人群的比重要提高。所以要有更多的女性进入到原本不是针对她们的高收入工作中

ecsniffer

以下是引用weiyu在2004-3-16 17:00:00的发言：
E对吗？; 女的平均工资接近男的，说明其高收入人群的比重要提高。所以要有更多的女性进入到原本不是针对她们的高收入工作中

yeah, cool!!!!



I wholly misunderstood the choice!


key word    : "average salaries"


thks, weiyu!