大全-A-12: 这题有点搞...

wendydou

syndicate是 out-of-town 和 editor没什么关系吧···也不算直接weaken吧

ninamikou

这题好
我本来选了B
现在看D 觉得是正确的
关键还是要weaken conclusion呀
only是关键词

zxppx

12.Are you still reading the other newspaper in town? Did you know that the Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldn’t care less about the people of Gotham City
? Read the Daily Clarion, the onlyreal voice of the people of Gotham City!Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?
(A)Over half of the advertising revenues of the Daily Clarion come from firms whose headquarters are located outside of Gotham City.
很正常，宝马的总部在德国，它一样可以在北京打广告，而且数量可能很多
(B)The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle.
错选这个。虽然DC刊登了更多的外地新闻，但并不意味着它就care less about local people

(C)Nearly 40 percent of the readers of the Daily Clarion reside outside the limits of Gotham City.
如果这些读者也很关心GC的情况，那么不会削弱结论

(D) The editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham City
for ten years or more.原文的理由是DB是被外地公司所拥有的，所以care less about local people. 但是如果写报纸的人对于GC很了解，那么该理由就不成立

(E) The Daily Bugle has been published in Gotham City
for a longer time than has the Daily Clarion.出版的时间更长，无法证明DB就更关心当地人

tutukova

本题问的是直接削弱，所谓直接削弱就要去驳倒conclusion，这句的conclusion是the Daily Clarion is the only real voice of the people of Gotham City。那么反过来就是the Daily Clarion is NOT the only real voice of the people of Gotham City，即there are other newspapers that are also the voice of the people of the Gotham City. 那么在上述选项中只有D是最接近的啦