Situation It is proposed that ? re alarm boxes on street corners be removed. Doing so will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report ? res. Most false alarms are prank calls made from these boxes. h ey have outlived their usefulness, as most people now have private telephones.
Reasoning Which option most strongly supports the claim that removing the alarm boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a ? re? h e argument already provides some evidence that (1) removing the boxes will reduce prank calls— because that is where most such call are now made from—and that (2) doing so will not hamper people’s ability to report ? res—virtually everyone already has a private telephone from which they could report a ? re. So for an option to be correct it must support either (1) or (2) or both, and provide more such support than the other options. If prank calls from private telephones are traced back to their origin, that should deter people from making such calls.
A Correct. h is option provides the most support for the claim. B h is may provide a reason for supporting the proposal, but it provides no support for either (1) or (2). C h is indicates that it is better to receive ? re calls from telephones than from alarm boxes—other things being equal—but that supports neither (1) nor (2). h ere is still the possibility that the only person aware that a ? re has started is near an alarm box but lacks access to a telephone. D h is merely indicates that it would be good if the proposal had the intended e? ects. E h is actually weakens support for (2), by enhancing the possibility that the only person aware that a ? re has started is near an alarm box but lacks access to a working telephone.
我觉得选C,关键是要看懂Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire. ,这是作者的观点,我觉得作者观点的重点是这种proposal不会影响到public报警,A的话,并不能体现这一点,只能起到降低prank calls数量的作用
想说服你选A. 结论是Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls withouthampering people’s ability to report a fire. A=>人们就不会随便打prank calls , 因为谁打都能被抓到, 另外,题干说了 everyone has access to a private telephone, 所以这个proposal 就不会hampering people’s ability to report a fire。不知这样解释对你有无帮助。