请教狒狒59题

chasewf1986

59. Top college graduates are having more difficulty demonstrating their superiority to prospective employers than did the top students of twenty years ago when an honors degree was distinction enough. Today’s employers are less impressed with the honors degree. Twenty years ago no more than 10 percent of a given class graduated with honors. Today, however, because of grade inflation, the honors degree goes to more than 50 percent of a graduating class. Therefore, to restore confidence in the degrees they award, colleges must take steps to control grade inflation.


Which one of the following is an assumption that, if true, would support the conclusion in the passage?


A.Today’s students are not higher achievers than the students of twenty years ago.
B.Awarding too many honors degrees causes colleges to inflate grades.
C.Today’s employers rely on honors ranking in making their hiring decisions.
D.It is not easy for students with low grades to obtain jobs.
E.Colleges must make employers aware of the criteria used to determine who receives an honor degree.


The best answer is A. 如果现在的优秀学生数量比20年前多，那么授予更多的honor degree就很正常了，也许除了荣誉学位，学生应该用别的方面来证明自己。所以只有当现在的学生素质不值得被授予象20年前那样的荣誉学位的时候，整个论证才有道理。

请问B为什么不对啊？

sdcar2010

This is a sufficient assumption question. All you need to do is to insert the answer choice into the passage and see if the argument holds.

The key lies in the statement "because of grade inflation, the honors degree goes to more than 50 percent of a graduating class."

A supports this statement.

B on the other hand, reverse the relationship stated in the passage between grade inflation and number of honors degrees. Therefore, B does not support the conclusion reached in the passage.

wildmantomba

是不是可以这样理解呢

前提1：与20年前的大学生相较下（当时的荣誉学位含金量高），一流大学的学生较难在雇主前展现自己的优势
前提2：现今的雇主较不受荣誉学位的影响，因为20年前仅有10%的学生得到，现在则有50%的学生得到
结论：为了要重拾学位的可信度，大学需采取控制分数贬值的行动

BCDE的确都是不好的选项

但A选项是不是太绝对了Today students are not higher achievers than the students twenty years ago. (今天的都比昨天的不好？？）

sdcar2010

For sufficient assumption answers, the correct choice is strong, no-second-guessing, absolute. It is a point to point connection between statements.

wildmantomba

I reread the post "SDCAR2010【逻辑入门】（八）Assumptions" and seemed to understand a little bit.

IF A) is the case, then the passage MUST BE RIGHT. Because it is sufficient or enough to justify the conclusion.

jessicatao1986

我有一个问题：

grade inflation导致了就业不佳，所以为了恢复雇主信心，我们要降低grade inflation.
grade inflation 不是事实吗 从10%上升到50%，这个怎么能是一个assumption啊
我选C 如果雇主不care这个honor 那做什么都没有用啊

1998JIN

同不明白，就算我们现在的学生就是比以前能力强，这是怎么削弱的方案呢？
即使A 取反，方案也很可能有效啊，太迷茫了