| 1. Politician: All nations that place a high tax on
 income produce thereby a negative incentive
 for technological innovation, and all nations in
 which technological innovation is hampered
 inevitably fall behind in the international arms
 race. Those nations that,through historical
 accident or the foolishness of their political
 leadership, wind up in a strategically
 disadvantageous position are destined to lose
 their voice in world affairs. So if a nation wants
 to maintain its value system and way of life, it
 must not allow its highest tax bracket to exceed
 
 
 Each of the following, if true, weakens the
 politician’s argument EXCEPT:
 
 (A) The top level of taxation must reach 45 percent
 before taxation begins to deter inventors and
 industrialists from introducing new
 technologies and industries.
 
 (B) Making a great deal of money is an
 insignificant factor in driving technological
 
 【money不是问题,所以innovation与tax无关】
 (C) Falling behind in the international arms race
 does not necessarily lead to a strategically
 less advantageous position.
 
 (D) Those nations that lose influence in the world
 community do not necessarily suffer from a
 threat to their value system or way of life.
 【weakengap: value和voice下降等】
 (E) Allowing one’s country to lose its
 technological edge, especially as concerns
 weaponry, would be foolish rather than
 merely a historical accident.
 【IR。支持army race与innovation和tax的关系无关】
 
 2. Jennifer:  Video rental outlets inCenterville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993. The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the areathat, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.
 Brad:  There must be another explanation:  asyou yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000rentals.  Yet Videorama sold only 4,000videos in 1994.
 
 Which of the following, if true, would most seriouslyweaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?
 
 (A)      In 1994Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.
 【weakegap:sold不能代表rental数量,为啥错误?】
 (B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do notsell videos opened in Centerville.
 (C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rentvideos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
 (D) People often buy videos of movies that they havepreviously seen in a theater.
 (E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
 【我可以理解也在说weakengap: sold无能代表rental的数量】 |