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Local phone companies have monopolies on phone service within their areas. Cable television can be transmitted via the wires that are already in place and owned by the phone companies. Cable television companies argue that if the telephone companies were to offer cable service, these telephone companies would have an unfair advantage, because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on phone service.

16.   On the basis of the information provided in the passage above, which of the following questions can be answered?

(A) Are phone companies as efficient as cable companies in providing reliable and inexpensive service?

(B) If phone companies were allowed to provide cable service, would they want to do so?

(C) Do the cable companies believe that the local phone companies make a profit on phone service?

(D) Are local phone companies forbidden to offer cable service?（C）

(E) Is it expected that phone companies will have a monopoly on cable service?

答案C。我选的是E，这种answer question的题目老是做错，我觉得有点象归纳题，又象support题。这道题我的理由是文中的would have an unfair advantage, 虽然不能直接推出have a monopoly，可是C里面的make a profit也是直接推不出来的呀？请指点

20.   A light bulb company produces 2,000 light bulbs per week. The manager wants to ensure that standards of quality remain constant from week to week. The manager, therefore, claims that out of 2,000 light bulbs produced per week, 500 light bulbs are rejected.

Of the following, the best criticism of the manager’s plan is that the plan assumes that

(A) light bulb manufacturers cannot accept all light bulbs that produced

(B) the overall quality of the light bulbs would not be improved if the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced

(C) each light bulb that is reviewed is worthy of being reviewed

(D) it is difficult to judge the quality of a light bulb（E）

(E) the 1,500 light bulbs that are accepted will be of the same quality from week to week

答案E。这题本质是个削弱题，我选的是B，我觉得E是支持原文。请指教

arundhati

16. because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on phone service.

注意斜体字中的profit，就是C中所讲的，所以不是不能推出。况且全文都在讲cable company的想法，属于主观，而我们并不知道phone company是不是真的会have a monopoly，所以并不能回答E。

28。if the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced 这个属于out of scope吧

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谢谢！

可是20题我还是没有弄明白。 the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced，我觉得就是指从2000个里面抽调500个。答案B就是说，即使抽调500个调总的质量也没有提高，削弱原文的ensure constant quality。

答案E，说：每个星期，1500个灯泡质量都是相同的，不正好支持原文 的constant quality吗？

请arundhati再仔细说说

arundhati

我觉得B的意思是：如果生产数量下降的时候，灯泡的质量也不会提高。那么，把这个选项去非就是：如果生产的灯泡下降的时候，灯泡的质量会提高。这样对原文造成不了任何影响，文中讨论的是灯泡的质量，并没有说到产量和灯泡质量的关系啊。

E说每星期所选出的1500个灯泡质量都是一样的，这就是constant quality啊。我们可以把它取非看看：每星期选出的1500个灯泡质量不一样。那么这个取非后的句子直接影响到这个manager的plan，既然质量不一样，那为什么一定每星期都选出1500呢？

不知这样说明不明白！请指教！

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我想是不是我们理解都没有错，关键是题目是问：Of the following, the best criticism of the manager’s plan is that the plan assumes that

应该是个削弱的原文题呀，我觉得按照你那么理解就是个假设的题啦，刚好是支持原文的。

我选B是削弱这个plan从2000个中取出500个没有意义，因为bolt的quality是constant的。

咱们再好好想想，有道类似的题，我去找来，一起研究

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-7-22 0:47:24编辑过]

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m－2－20.   The Asian American History Association receives approximately 1,000 proposals each year from individuals who wish to present papers at its annual meeting. The association’s officers would like to ensure constant standards of quality in the presentations from year to year. The officers have therefore decided to accept for presentation each year only the best 300 papers selected on the basis of the quality of the proposals submitted.

Of the following, the best criticism of the officers’ plan is that the plan assumes that

(A) Professional associations cannot accept all papers submitted for presentation at their annual meetings.

(B) The total number of proposals submitted to the association will remain at approximately 1,000 in future years.

(C) Each proposal submitted to the association deserves to be considered a serious candidate for presentation.

(D) It is difficult to judge the quality of a paper on the basis of the proposal alone.（E）

(E) The best 300 papers submitted to the association for presentation will be of the same quality from year to year.

因为做过前面这道题我想都没想选 的E，可是还是不理解呀

arundhati

嘻嘻，这位MM怎么称呼你啊？

你还是理解出了问题，看清楚Of the following, the best criticism of the manager’s plan is that the plan assumes that ，翻译出来就是：对manager最有利的批评就是说manger假设了一下的那一点。其实问的还是假设，只不过是manager的假设，因为manager理解有无，他的假设有问题，所以找出他的假设就是一种criticism。当然这道题不是削弱题。一定要看清楚！逻辑题缺一字，或理解错结构，意思都会孑然不同，以后小心啊～

关于你新帖的题，是一样道理。让你找出officer的错误假设。这个officer每年从1000个presentation里拿出300，正和manager固定从2000中取出500灯泡一样，不管质量如何，不管质量有没有发生变化，取出的数目都一样，想当然的以为每年的质量都一样，所以可以取出同样数量的优质品。

不知MM这次理解了没有，切记切记，看清题目！不要被题目绕进去了！

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地一体和第二题都是直接加ｎｏｔ　后ｗｅａｋｅｎ了原文，所以选．　

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以下是引用arundhati在2004-7-22 7:42:00的发言：

嘻嘻，这位MM怎么称呼你啊？

你还是理解出了问题，看清楚Of the following, the best criticism of the manager’s plan is that the plan assumes that ，翻译出来就是：对manager最有利的批评就是说manger假设了一下的那一点。其实问的还是假设，只不过是manager的假设，因为manager理解有无，他的假设有问题，所以找出他的假设就是一种criticism。当然这道题不是削弱题。一定要看清楚！逻辑题缺一字，或理解错结构，意思都会孑然不同，以后小心啊～

关于你新帖的题，是一样道理。让你找出officer的错误假设。这个officer每年从1000个presentation里拿出300，正和manager固定从2000中取出500灯泡一样，不管质量如何，不管质量有没有发生变化，取出的数目都一样，想当然的以为每年的质量都一样，所以可以取出同样数量的优质品。

不知MM这次理解了没有，切记切记，看清题目！不要被题目绕进去了！

豁然开朗，感动ing！看来我距考试的水平还差甚也！

arundhati，best   wishes！

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忘了，你可以叫我笨笨mm，

  －－－    取个名字为了时刻提醒自己，不要偷懒，因为没有理由偷懒。