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Jennifer:Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.

Brad:There must be another explanation:as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?E

(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.

(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.

(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.

(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.

(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
答案是E

A的答案不是不可以只是不充分，没有数字支持，单凭一个more than是说明不了什么的，得不出V公司出租的和卖的超过了10000。

而E项也是V公司导致行业出租数减少的重要原因，但是E项不是也没有数字么，怎么就知道那些从朋友手中借来video的数量和V公司卖出的数量加起来会超过10000？

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sdfzcjy

Jennifer:Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.

Brad:There must be another explanation:as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.
文章主要说数量问题

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?

(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.

(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.

(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.

(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.

(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
答案是E

A的答案不是不可以只是不充分，没有数字支持，单凭一个more than是说明不了什么的，得不出V公司出租的和卖的超过了10000。A说的是租的比卖的多，原文没有比较租的数量和卖的数量，所以是无关选项

而E项也是V公司导致行业出租数减少的重要原因，但是E项不是也没有数字么，怎么就知道那些从朋友手中借来video的数量和V公司卖出的数量加起来会超过10000？E中说有VIDEO的人把VIDEO给朋友，肯定会影响数量，所以沾边

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Jennifer:Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993.The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.

Brad:There must be another explanation:as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals.Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.
文章主要说数量问题

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?

(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.

(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.

(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.

(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.

(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
答案是E

A的答案不是不可以只是不充分，没有数字支持，单凭一个more than是说明不了什么的，得不出V公司出租的和卖的超过了10000。A说的是租的比卖的多，原文没有比较租的数量和卖的数量，所以是无关选项

而E项也是V公司导致行业出租数减少的重要原因，但是E项不是也没有数字么，怎么就知道那些从朋友手中借来video的数量和V公司卖出的数量加起来会超过10000？E中说有VIDEO的人把VIDEO给朋友，肯定会影响数量，所以沾边

-- by 会员 sdfzcjy (2011/3/25 15:57:17)

很感谢你回答。
但我还有几点疑问，不知你是否愿意帮忙解答？
我觉得这个是weaken题吧，即使与原文无关，也可能会对原文造成很强的削弱的。所以你说A是无关这点我不太同意。E项这个肯定影响数量，但是如果影响数量很小，最后对outlets的出租量的影响小于10000件，不是就无法削弱Brad的结论了么？所以E项也不够好。
最后还有一点，我不知道在CD上想回复某个人是不是一定要引用他的话呢？如果就按回复他看得到么？
最后的最后，thank you，again.

sdcar2010

如果就按回复他看得到. Yes!

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呵呵，我知道你也是大神，不如顺便帮我也解答一下呢？

我还有几点疑问，不知你是否愿意帮忙解答？
我觉得这个是weaken题吧，即使与原文无关，也可能会对原文造成很强的削弱的。所以你说A是无关这点我不太同意。E项这个肯定影响数量，但是如果影响数量很小，最后对outlets的出租量的影响小于10000件，不是就无法削弱Brad的结论了么？所以E项也不够好。

sdcar2010

For weakening question, you do not need to refute the original argument. You only need to cast some doubts on the argument to make it unlikely.

If E is right, let's say the buyer lend its newly bought video tape once to his/her friends, that might lead to 4000 drop in video rentals. If twice, 8000. If trice, 12000. This possibility cast doubts on Brad's claim that Videorama did not cause the drop in video rentals in the region.

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only to make it unlikely，记住了。

lorolana

我觉得，b主要就想说租的减少不是由videorama导致的，那么如果选a的话，变相还是在说是由videorama的出现导致了租的减少，如果是e的话，就恰好是给出它因了～不知道对不对……

kiki070300123

我一开始也不懂，现在忽然开窍了，就是a选项里面租出去也很多，那么rental outlet也可以出租video的啊。这样a就不充分了，剩下就只有买回去还各种借最影响生意了