大全D7 请教

nymphl

大全-D-7.The postal service is badly mismanaged. Forty years ago, first-class letter delivery cost only three cents. Since then, the price has increased nearly tenfold, with an actual decrease in the speed and reliability of service.

Each of the following statements, if true, would tend to weaken the argument above EXCEPT:

(A) The volume of mail handled by the postal service has increased dramatically over the last forty years.

(B) Unprecedented increases in the cost of fuel for trucks and planes have put severe upward pressures on postal delivery costs.

(C) Private delivery services usually charge more than does the postal service for comparable delivery charges.

(D) The average delivery time for a first-class letter four decades ago was actually slightly longer than it is today.（E）

(E) The average level of consumer prices overall has increased more than 300 percent over the last forty years.

E不是明显削弱么，怎么能是答案呢。谢谢了。我现在脑子已经晕了。发现大全的题好像很绕的说。

coolhaoming

题干:因为邮费增加了，可靠性和速度下降了，所以邮递管理不好。
问的是EXCEPT。
E过去四十年消费者价格（即CPI的意思）平均上涨了3倍多。而题干邮费上涨了10倍。说明邮费实际上还是涨了很多。还是符合题干推理的前提，即得出邮递管理不好。

qiushuan

题干:因为邮费增加了，可靠性和速度下降了，所以邮递管理不好。
问的是EXCEPT。
E过去四十年消费者价格（即CPI的意思）平均上涨了3倍多。而题干邮费上涨了10倍。说明邮费实际上还是涨了很多。还是符合题干推理的前提，即得出邮递管理不好。

-- by 会员 coolhaoming (2010/3/31 7:37:20)

这不就是weaken了吗？题目不是选不是weaken的吗？

xiahfyj

原文说管理不好。。。你也得出结论说管理不好。。。那不是加强么？怎么是削弱呢

竹灵溪月

同问，脑袋晕了！！