请教费费第10题

teresha

10. In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. Companies in R that manufacture telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban, on the ground that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument given by the manufacturers depends?

(A) The government of S has recently increased the amount of telecommunication equipment it allows to be imported into the country.

(B) The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top development officials in S.

(C) A majority of the members of R’s legislature do not favor exempting telecommunication equipment from the ban on exports to Country S.

(D) Of all exports that could be sent to Country S, telecommunication equipment would be the most effective in helping citizens of S oppose that country’s repressive government.

(E) Without pressure from Country R, the government of S would be able to continue repressing its citizens indefinitely.

为什么d 不能选呢？我想了很久，是不是因为d 不能达到"widely available to the people in that country" 呢， 好像很牵强，但是在想不到别的? 请大家指教。

mindfree

D is not necessary for the argument. In other words, whether D is true or not does not affect whether the argument holds. It can only support or weaken the argument.

One example:He is democrat. Therefore he is pro working class and can make a good president. The assumption is democrat is pro working class and can make a good president. What is not assumed is whether he is the best democrat or not. It might lend support or weaken the argument, but does not affect whether the argument holds or not.

blackhorse

总教头就是高！！！解释得很清楚呀。

teresha

It's very clear, and I've got it. Thanks a lot.

QiiQ

不太明白B的意思，哪位NN给解释一下呢？谢谢！！！！！

B) The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top development officials in S.