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yangtingno1

Q21:

In January of last year the Moviemania chain of movie theaters started propping its popcorn in canola oil, instead of the less healthful coconut oil that it had been using until then.  Now Moviemania is planning to switch back, saying that the change has hurt popcorn sales.  That claim is false, however, since according to Moviemania’s own sales figures, Moviemania sold 5 percent more popcorn last year than in the previous year.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument against Moviemania’s claim?

1. Total sales of all refreshments at Moviemania’s movie theaters increased by less than 5 percent last year.


2. Moviemania makes more money on food and beverages sold at its theaters than it does on sales of movie tickets.


3. Moviemania’s customers prefer the taste of popcorn popped in coconut oil to that of popcorn popped in canola oil.


4. Total attendance at Moviemania’s movie theaters was more than 20 percent higher last year than the year before.


5. The year before last, Moviemania experienced a 10 percent increase in popcorn sales over the previous year.

lawyer_1

讨论过，答案为A，请搜索

G-CRACKER

找了半天没找到。。。。。。。。

选项c为什么不对尼？他不正是讲了一个它因来削若M's claim马？另A讲总收入增长了不多，虽然能衬托出卖爆米花收入的增势，这样紧紧一个衬托暗示就可以加强了吗？

G-CRACKER

UP.

lawyer_1

原文：去年一月用canola oil。Moviemania计划换成coconut oil 。ARGUMENT认为还是用canola oil好。

问题：支持用canola oil。

C说消费者喜欢coconut oil 。

明白为何C错了吧。

G-CRACKER

藕小的了。

真是很感动，LOVELY LAWYER 送货上门（短信通知）. MILLIONS OF THANKS.

仔细的分析一下，题目是 加强 THE "against the claim" 的argument. 藕便想当然的认为只要一个选项是against the claim 就会加强原文中那个的"against the claim" 的argument。实际上against a claim 的argument 可能有很多，但这些argument 之间并没有必然的逻辑联系，所以仅仅从whether the argument is against the claim 的角度来考虑，没有找准解题点。解题点必须是直接加强原文中的argument的。

藕在做题时走了点弯路：选了C：Moviemania’s customers prefer the taste of popcorn popped in coconut oil to that of popcorn popped in canola oil.==〉the change has not hurt popcorn sales but occurs because of consumer's taste preferrence. 由此，C against the M's claim. 但是C和原文中的argument 是否有联系，并不能由此得出。必须对argument 进行再分析，如lawyer 所说的。。。

  

lj_hq

原来是这样，我最近怎么突然发现自己的思维好像出了严重问题啊，都想不到正确答案那去，呜呜呜

GMATCRACKER1983

文中反对Ｍ＇ＣＬＡＩＭ的说法是说去年ＰＯＰＣＯＲＮ　（用Ｃ　ＯＩＬ）增长了５％．

但是我怎么就看不出整体的ＲＥＦＲＥＳＨＥＭＥＮＴＳ销量小于５％对上面那话有什么加强．感觉没有什么关系吗｀！

本来就应该自己和自己比较，和别的比说明不了什么问题呀｀！

请指教｀！

携隐

请注意原文的according to Moviemania’s own sales figures。原文是从该公司自身的数据出发来反驳的，A也是该公司自己的数据，和这个反驳岂不是非常贴切。

GMATCRACKER1983

还是没有明白，我指的自己和自己比较应该是ＰＯＰＣＯＲＮ　今年的销量和ＰＯＰＣＯＲＮ去年的销量的比较，而不是和什么其他的ＲＥＦＲＥＳＨＥＭＮＥＴＳ的比较｀！

请再说的详细一些｀！呵呵　！谢了｀！