21. A steady decline in annual movie-ticket sales is about to begin. More than half of the tickets sold last year were sold to the age group under twenty-five years of age, representing twenty-seven percent of the population. However, the number of individuals under twenty-five will steadily decline during the next decade.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the prediction above regarding future movie-ticket sales?
(D) Movie-ticket sales tend to increase as the size of work force increases, and the size of work force will increase annually during the next decade.
答案:D
为什么D是答案呢?从文中的推理可以得出,结论成立的一个隐含假设就是“25岁一下的那群人超过25岁以后就不经常看电影了”,如果来反对的这个隐含假设的话可能更能起到削弱的作用,不知道我这种说法是不是正确?
同时我认为D中牵涉到了work force,是不是这样的概念(在文中未出现)太过于离谱了? |