不懂啊！！！OG-13的原题，请教各位路过的牛牛们啊！！！！感谢啊！！！

cherryzxj

86. Keith: Compliance with new government regulations
requiring the installation of smoke alarms and
sprinkler systems in all theaters and arenas will cost
the entertainment industry $25 billion annually.
Consequently, jobs will be lost and profits diminished.
Therefore, these regulations will harm the country's
economy.
Laura: The $25 billion spent by some businesses will
be revenue for others. Jobs and profits will be gained
as well as lost.
Laura responds to Keith by
(A) demonstrating that Keith's conclusion is
based on evidence that is not relevant to the
issue at hand
(B) challenging the plausibility of the evidence that
serves as the basis for Keith's argument
(C) suggesting that Keith's argument overlooks a
mitigating consequence
(D) reinforcing Keith's conclusion by supplying a
complementary interpretation of the evidence
Keith cites
(E) agreeing with the main conclusion of Keith's
argument but construing that conclusion as
grounds for optimism rather than for pessimism

答案选C，我理解为什么C对，但我觉得D和E也没有错，OG上解释说，D和E的前半部分错在“Laura rejects rather than reinforces Keith's conclusion”，但我认为，Laura并没有否定Keith的结论，就想题目中说的：“Laura: The $25 billion spent by some businesses will be revenue for others. Jobs and profits will be gained as well as lost.” 这不就是在赞同K的基础上，再加以解释吗？希望各位NN们帮助啊，谢谢！~~~~~O(∩_∩)O~~

261727223

K：premise：jobs will be lost and profits diminished
    conc：   these regulations will harm the country's economy.

L:  re:    1）jobs will be lost and profits diminished
              2）the same amount of Jobs and of profits will be gained .
    conc:  没说，但推测应该不认同K's conc

as well as lost 是L认同K的premise，你可以看成L多用了一个被K忽略的premise来得出不同结论

个人观点，仅供参考，非喜勿喷，谢谢合作

cherryzxj

嗯，我懂啦哈，consequently 引导的那句不是总结论，而是中间结论，我把它当做总结论了， 太感谢了哈！！！！！！！！