求解释GWD17-Q9:证明总统没有政治偏见的那个。

擎天柱

Press Secretary:Our critics claim that the President’s recent highway project cancellations demonstrate a vindictive恶意的 desire to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties.They offer as evidence the fact that 90 percent of the projects canceled were in such districts.But all of the canceled projects had been identified as wasteful in a report written by respected nonpartisan auditors.So the President’s choice was clearly motivated by sound budgetary policy, not partisan politics.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the press secretary’s argument depends?

A.Canceling highway projects was not the only way for the President to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties.

B.The scheduled highway projects identified as wasteful in the report were not mostly projects in districts controlled by the President’s party.

C.The number of projects canceled was a significant proportion of all the highway projects that were to be undertaken by the government in the near future.

D.The highway projects canceled in districts controlled by the President’s party were not generally more expensive than the projects canceled in districts controlled by opposition parties.

E.Reports by nonpartisan auditors are not generally regarded by the opposition parties as a source of objective assessments of government projects.
答案：B。
我个人实在是选不出来。。。。
结论：总统是处于对预算的考虑而不是政治偏见~~~
求NN指点！！！！今天第一次做GWD，遍体淋伤
我粗狂的翻译一下：
秘书：评论员生成总统最近取消的告诉公路项目被证明是恶意报复另一党派。他们提供证据声称：90%被取消的项目在反对党的管辖区内。但是所有被取消的项目被认定为是浪费，这个鉴定是无党派人士做的。因此总统的选择很明确的是被预算政策驱动，而不是政治偏袒。

问assumption，秘书的argument depend?

a.取消告诉公路项目不是总统唯一的方法—用来惩罚反对党

b.计划的项目（被认为是浪费）大部分不再总统的管辖区

c.被取消项目的数量占全部公路项目的很大比例，这些项目被政府在近期承担

d.被取消的告诉公路项目（总统党）不必反对党的话费高

e.无党派的报告通常不被反对党认为是一种反对评估的资源

实在想不清楚B怎么是assumption？B也没有支持到结论啊？

秘书：评论员生成总统最近取消的告诉公路项目被证明是恶意报复另一党派。他们提供证据声称：90%被取消的项目在反对党的管辖区内。但是所有被取消的项目被认定为是浪费，这个鉴定是无党派人士做的。因此总统的选择很明确的是被预算政策驱动，而不是政治偏袒。

问assumption，秘书的argument depend?

a.取消告诉公路项目不是总统唯一的方法—用来惩罚反对党

b.计划的项目（被认为是浪费）大部分不再总统的管辖区

c.被取消项目的数量占全部公路项目的很大比例，这些项目被政府在近期承担

d.被取消的告诉公路项目（总统党）不必反对党的话费高

e.无党派的报告通常不被反对党认为是一种反对评估的资源

实在想不清楚B怎么是assumption？B也没有支持到结论啊？

sdcar2010

Do not translate the GMAT question into Chinese. You are wasting value time. Read, think, and answer GMAT questions in English.

Necessary assumption. Use negation.

If you negate B, you have "The scheduled highway projects identified as wasteful in the report were mostly projects in districts controlled by the President’s party." If this is true, and since we know that 90 percent of the projects canceled were in legislative districts controlled by opposition party, then we have a problem - clearly politics is involved in the cancellation.