GWD6-38题目的B选项很别扭啊~谢谢路过的好心人！

jyw0411lsq

GWD6-Q38:

Threelargecompaniesand seven small companies currently manufacture a product with potential military applications.  If the government regulates the industry, it will institute a single set of manufacturing specifications to which all ten companies will have to adhere.  In this case, therefore, since none of the seven small companies can afford to convert their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications, only the threelargecompanies will be able to remain in business.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the author’s argument relies?



A.      None of the threelargecompanies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product.

B.       It would cost more to convert the production lines of the small companies to a new set of manufacturing specifications than it would to convert the production lines of the largecompanies.

C.      Industry lobbyists will be unable to dissuade the government from regulating the industry.

D.      Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.  

E.       None of the seven small companies currently manufactures the product to a set of specifications that would match those the government would institute if the industry were to be regulated.

B是什么意思啊，是不是说明转换成Special 的费用大于 转换成大公司生产线的费用？
如果这样想的话，小公司必然选择转换成大公司的生产线，这样7小就变7大了，达到大公司的规模，不也就能胜任special的要求了么？
（我理解成只要有production lines of the large company 的能力，像3大公司那样的规模，必然也就可以胜任special 的要求了）不知道这么想对不对？

jyw0411lsq

自己给顶一下，希望有人回答下哈！

neverlandlin

答案是啥啊，我选E

题干：有3个大公司和7个小公司，生产一种产品能用作军事用途。政府为了规范行业，规定了生产规格，所有公司产品要符合这个生产规格。（大背景）
因为小公司负担不起改生产线的代价（原因），所以最后只有大公司能生存下来（结论）。
原文的逻辑就是：政府规定产品规格-改生产线-小公司负担不起--小公司灭亡

这里有个gap，规定了产品规格vs改生产线，如果产品规格和小公司原来的产品规格一样，那就不需要改了呀，也没有后面的一系列事情了。。。
所以E就是假设：7个小公司里没有一个现在做的产品和规定相符。如果取反的话，就会削弱原文结论

B选项：小公司改生产线的成本比大公司改生产线高。虽说是支持原文结论，但不至于成为一个假设，取反的话，即使成本没有大公司高，一样能推出结论～～

所以，还是选E，个人愚见，望NN们指教

jyw0411lsq

E is the right answer, but B is confused~

jyw0411lsq

thxs! I 分析的很透彻了！

sdcar2010

What the small companies could not afford is the cost of converting their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications.  It has nothing to do with what their current manufacturing specifications are. Before the announcement of the final manufacturing specifications, no one knows for sure if the current specifications used by the small companies meet the standard.

From the stimulus, the author PRESUMED that the small companies have to convert their production line in order to meet the new manufacturing specification.  That's why the author concluded that only the big companies can survive.  What if the small companies have already met the new manufacture specification with their current production line?  This will obliviate the need for such costly conversion for the small companies.

Kb24

LS的说的很对啊。 答案是比较明显的。楼主的问题：B的意思是说小公司要转换生产线的成本比大公司要转换生产线的成本要高。楼主看错了句子结构了。所以B明显是错的

jyw0411lsq

恩恩，这回懂了！