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cuson

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13.   In general, a professional athlete is offered a million-dollar contract only if he or she has just completed an unusually successful season. However, a study shows that an athlete signing such a contract usually suffers a decline in performance the following season. This study supports the theory that a million-dollar contract tends to weaken an athlete’s desire to excel by diminishing his or her economic incentive.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn above? (A) On the average, athletes whose contracts call for relatively small salaries with possible bonuses for outstanding achievement perform better than other athletes.

(B) Athletes are generally offered million-dollar contracts mainly because of the increased ticket sales and other revenues they generate.

(C) Many professional athletes have careers marked by year-to-year fluctuations in their overall levels of performance.

(D) On the average, higher-salaried athletes tend to have longer and more successful professional careers than do lower-salaried athletes.（A）

(E) Six of the ten leading batters in the National League this season signed million-dollar contracts during the off-season.

这个题为什么选A呢？我感觉A怎么是削弱呢，题目中讲的是奖金不利于激励，但是A说的是有利于，没有加强啊

狂威雪

推理链：签了高薪合同的运动员在接下来的赛季中表现下降，推出的结论是降低金钱的刺激，削弱了对获得好成绩的渴望。弥补GAP：工资低的运动员比高工资的运动员成绩好。意思说正是因为有了金钱的刺激所以成绩才好。反证了没有了想要更多钱的刺激，成绩就不好了。加强了结论。

kfld1981

题目没读懂，明明是100万的contact，怎么说是降低金钱的刺激呢？应该是加强啊

pygmysog

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13.   In general, a professional athlete is offered a million-dollar contract only if he or she has just completed an unusually successful season. However, a study shows that an athlete signing such a contract usually suffers a decline in performance the following season.
This study supports the theory that a million-dollar contract tends to weaken an athlete’s desire to excel by diminishing his or her economic incentive.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn above?

(A) On the average, athletes whose contracts call for relatively small salaries with possible bonuses for outstanding achievement perform better than other athletes. [不知道对不对，读着像是对的，先放一放]

(B) Athletes are generally offered million-dollar contracts mainly because of the increased ticket sales and other revenues they generate. [没问原因，也没提为什么，无关]

(C) Many professional athletes have careers marked by year-to-year fluctuations in their overall levels of performance.
[光说了performance，没提economic incentive的事；many的说法也很有嫌疑]
(D) On the average, higher-salaried athletes tend to have longer and more successful professional careers than do lower-salaried athletes.[weaken, 如果拿钱更多的干得更好的话，那么有100M的不是应该特别好？]

(E) Six of the ten leading batters in the National League this season signed million-dollar contracts during the off-season.[irrelevant]

所以只有A。

Dianakisscat

结论： a million-dollar contract tends to weaken an athlete’s desire to excel by diminishing his or her economic incentive.
注意，是说这个超大合同减少了运动员的incentive

A正确的原因：奖金不是million那么多，而只是possible bonus，运动员表现就很好了。说明给的钱少，反而运动员更卖力。