大全I-4（没人问过）

ellie78

Television programming experts maintain that with each 1% increase in the prime-time ratings of a television station there is a 3.5% increase in the number of people who watch its evening news program. However, in the last ten years at Channel NTR, there was only one year of extremely high prime-time ratings and during that year, fewer people than ever watched Channel NTR’s evening news program.
Which of the following conclusions can properly be drawn from the statements above?
(A) When a news program has good ratings, the channel as a whole will have good ratings.
(B) The programming experts neglected to consider daytime news programs.
(C) The year of high ratings at NTR was a result of two hit shows which were subsequently canceled because of contractual problems.
(D) The ten-year period in question is not representative of normal viewing patterns.
(E) Prime-time ratings are not the only factor affecting how many people watch an evening news program.
正选为E。
小生以为选D：十年间的一年的NTR台节目收视状况违背了专家的总结，所以说规律并不是绝对的-->D。望指正...

Iljiajia

D不合适，仔细看题，不是十年间都是黄金时段rating和晚间新闻收视率成反比，而是十年中的一年成反比而已！！
因为这一年的意外，所以推出专家给出的条件不是绝对，除了黄金时间的rating外，应该还有其它因素对晚间新闻收视率产生影响。

clairezhao2010

"viewing patterns" is the new information