[求助] OG 114 Guidebook writer

sutchie

Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built
subsequently.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the guidebook writer’s argument?

A. The quality of original carpentry in hotels is generally far superior to the quality
of original carpentry in other structures, such as houses and stores.
B. Hotels built since 1930 can generally accommodate more guests than those built
before 1930.
C. The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly
different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930.
D. The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that
building is to fall into disuse and be demolished.
E. The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly
since 1930.

我选的是A. D选项我也可以理解。但是不知道A为什么错。
A选项中说1930年以前的酒店质量远远好过1930年以前别的房子质量。那就说明并不是不同时期的木匠技术的问题，因为同一时期相同的木匠造出来的不同房子中这些酒店的质量就是好，那说明是有别的原因导致了这些酒店可以比较完好地保存到现在。所以对原文构成了削弱。我不认为是无关。不理解啊，求解释...

appleontree

文中没有提到除了hotel以外的建筑，这个扩大了比较范围
选择是选逻辑最直接的，d指出了原因，而a没有

cynthia628

Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built
subsequently.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the guidebook writer’s argument?

A. The quality of original carpentry in hotels is generally far superior to the quality
of original carpentry in other structures, such as houses and stores.
B. Hotels built since 1930 can generally accommodate more guests than those built
before 1930.
C. The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly
different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930.
D. The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that
building is to fall into disuse and be demolished.
E. The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly
since 1930.

我选的是A. D选项我也可以理解。但是不知道A为什么错。
A选项中说1930年以前的酒店质量远远好过1930年以前别的房子质量。那就说明并不是不同时期的木匠技术的问题，因为同一时期相同的木匠造出来的不同房子中这些酒店的质量就是好，那说明是有别的原因导致了这些酒店可以比较完好地保存到现在。所以对原文构成了削弱。我不认为是无关。不理解啊，求解释...

-- by 会员 sutchie (2010/9/4 7:07:36)

楼主的上述分析加入了太多主观信息啦。原文是以前木匠工艺和现在木匠工艺的比较。而A选项关注的是同一时期hotels 和other structure的比较，讨论的对象不一致，是无关选项。

colinfan

而且A也没有提到1930

tiffany3837

感谢分享！               

arthur124

楼主错误是在这句“A选项中说1930年以前的酒店质量远远好过1930年以前别的房子质量。那就说明并不是不同时期的木匠技术的问题”。

题目中说的是酒店质量(quality of original carpentry in hotels)和建造酒店的木匠（carpenters working on hotels）的手艺。既没有涉及到别的房子也没有涉及到建造别的房子的木匠技术。楼主将木匠范围由题目中讨论的“建造酒店的木匠”扩大为“建造酒店和其他房子的木匠”。

楼主在阅读时可能不够仔细，导致“留在”大脑中的信息和实际的文本信息是有差距的。

Ageha8878

我不明白D为什么对，D只能解释1930年之前的房子为什么都好，而不能解释为什么1930年之前的房子比1930年之后的要好……因为1930年之后的房子也只留下了好的，坏的都被毁掉了呀。
我举个例子，如果要算时间，那么1930年之前的房子很有可能在这个作者看到那一天就是它存在的最后一天，第二天就倒了，1930年之后的房子说不定还能再存在20年。那么凭什么说因为质量好的房子存在的时间更长，就能证明1930年之前的房子比1930年之后的房子好呢？这不公平呀。

求解答。