A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the greatest price the market will bear when they have such a product. But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities. Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.
In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
boldface题第一部分清文章的论点论据。然后分清作者的态度以及最终的观点。B. The first is a consideration raised toexplain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second is a consideration raisedto call into question the wisdom of adopting that strategy.为正确选项。第一个boldface是论据,第二个也是论据,都是作者用来支持某个观点,a:the second presents the course of action endorsed by the argument.,这个endorse不是,用endorse就成为观点了。C. The first is an assumption that has beenused to justify a certain strategy; the second is a consideration that is usedto cast doubt on that assumption.错误,质疑的是策略,不是 assumption。D. The first is a consideration raised insupport of a strategy the argument endorses; the second presents grounds insupport of that consideration. 错误,a strategy the argument endorses??其实作者是反对这个策略的。作者说:consequently:blabla.作者是质疑这个策略的。E. The first is a consideration raised to showthat adopting a certain strategy is unlikely to achieve the intended effect,这句错了,文章中的第一个boldface是支持策略的。之后but才question这个策略。