OG12 CR 40

girlwithwings

40. In the last decade there has been a significant
decrease in coffee consumption. During this same
time, there has been increasing publicity about the
adverse long-term effects on health of the caffeine in
coffee. Therefore, the decrease in coffee consumption
must have been caused by consumers’ awareness of
the harmful effects of caffeine.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into
question the explanation above?
(A) On average, people consume 30 percent less
coffee today than they did 10 years ago.
(B) Heavy coffee drinkers may have mild withdrawal
symptoms, such as headaches, for a day or so
after significantly decreasing their coffee
consumption.
(C) Sales of specialty types of coffee have held
steady as sales of regular brands have declined.
(D) The consumption of fruit juices and caffeine-free
herbal teas has increased over the past decade.
(E) Coffee prices increased steadily in the past
decade because of unusually severe frosts in
coffee-growing nations.
OA: E
请问C为何错？

月落乌啼

我的理解：会买specialty types的顾客，一般应该是对咖啡更热衷的人，这些人因为习惯已深，不会太受“咖啡不健康”言论的影响。而正是对咖啡可有可无需求普通的顾客（只懂买regular brands），才会轻易受到影响，轻易放弃。所以整体销量的减少的确是因为受到“咖啡不健康”言论的影响，C选项不是正支持了原文观点吗

girlwithwings

太感谢了，全明白了

07170004hjq

解释的真TMD 太好了

lonelyunited

那么为什么不能选D呢？替代威胁不能作为销售下降的原因呢？

hippocrates

替代品消费的增加正可以说明可能是由于咖啡对人体有害因而消费量减少造成的，所以应该是support而不是weaken

zml20082008

为什么which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the explanation above?理解为What point weakens this explanation? 题干中的CALL是什么意思？

lonelyorchid

楼主，请注意原文的逻辑，原文得出的结论在therefore之后，即，寻找的是咖啡销量减少的原因。而不是咖啡销量是否减少。所以C选项根本是无关选项，而绝非#1所说的什么支持云云……

#4，原文中并没有提到任何 果汁或者茶 是 咖啡 的替代品或者互补品（如 咖啡与伴侣，相机与胶卷），所以，没有提到的内容一概以不知论处。所以D选项应为无关选项（针对于原文的结论）

#6，call sth. into question 对…表示怀疑。原文使用倒装结构 call into question sth. 因为sth.太长，此种现象在SC中非常常见

wtylys

楼上的正解