天山4-Q38: In one state, all cities and most towns have antismoking ordinances. A petition entitled “Petition for Statewide Smoking Restriction” is being circulated to voters by campaign workers who ask only, “Do you want to sign a petition for statewide smoking restriction?” The petition advocates a state law banning smoking in most retail establishments and in government offices that are open to the public. Which of the following circumstances would make the petition as circulated misleading to voters who understand the proposal as extending the local ordinances statewide? B. In rural areas of the state, there are relatively few retail establishments and government offices that are open to the public. B 和原文不冲突, relatively few retial and office, 有可能本来就不需要那么多嘛, 在美国rural are人口本来就比city少, Anyway, 多少没有关系. C. The state law would supersede the local antismoking ordinances, which contain stronger bans than the state law does. 我本来是选C 的. 现在看看C 有点问题. 原文给人们的感觉是: 要全州禁烟了. 并不是说禁烟要比以前严格了. 一个是范围上, 一个是程度上,有区别的. C 说的是州法是要执行了(既然是州法, 肯定是全州都要执行, 尽管要宽松点但还是满足了全州禁烟的目的). 如果原文给人们的感觉是: 全州要更加严格的禁烟了(已经禁的地方条例,惩罚等更严重了), 那么C 才是对的. E. The state law would not affect existing local ordinances banning smoking in places where the fire authorities have determined that smoking would constitute a fire hazard. 和原文也不冲突. 要全州禁烟了是人的总体感觉. E 说的州法不取代某些地方的法令和这种感觉不冲突. 还不都是全州禁烟, 只是某些地方是州法管,有些地方保持原有地方法令. 我觉得疑惑的是statewide smoking restriction指的是全州范围禁烟还是指统一全州的禁烟条例? 这么一来, 好象没有什么选项对了. 大家接着讨论啊!!! |