看完讨论后,仔细想了一下,答案还是应该C。
我再次要强调的是:题目问的是,在哪个circumstance下,the petition会对voters who understand the proposal as extending the local ordinances statewide来说是misleading的。这三个要素须一起考虑,不能只考虑misleading。问句就相说的当于,which of following, if true, would ....,凡是在选项中的情况,都假设为真,是找充分条件。所以scorpio0001说的C虚拟就错的说法不对。scorpio0001另一个观点是农村地区商场和政府楼少,所以农民就不知道商场和政府楼。这个是scorpio0001自己强加的assumption,文中没提到,这种做法在GMAT是不允许的。就象我们不能由没吃过猪肉,就推出没见过猪跑一样。王府井喝水的比喻和本题不同。农民不会笨到不知道商场和政府楼(电视里总看过吧:),这是某些城市里长大的孩子的错觉。
Lawyer_1的帖子可能有以下几个错误:
1。他以为cities and towns指城镇,rural areas则指农村。实际上在美国巴掌大的地方都能叫city/town,和英国英语和我国城乡二元结构不一样。也就是说在美国,cities/towns和rural areas是overlap的概念。所以Lawyer_1说:“原来农村没禁烟,只有所有城市和多数城镇。”是不对的。
2。他的推理是:农村地区商场和政府楼相当较少 (Lawyer_1有时似乎把relatively few当成没有理解),而州法只在商场和政府楼禁烟,所以他们最上当吃亏。言外之意,商场和政府楼越少的地方越吃亏,也就越misleading。可是问题是问是否misleading,不是问most misleading。就如:前面过来ABCDE 5个人,各有0~4根头发,问谁有头发?应该答BCDE,而不是E。
同样:scorpio0001说:
题目的misleading的意思是:投票者因为觉得运动的内容是全州范围内的禁烟(可能包括私人场所)而投票。而其实,运动的实质内容是禁止只在全州范围内的XX公众场所禁烟。这就是误会之所在!
上述误会对全州选民都成立,不能单单说误会了农民。如果对所有选民都误会,那么ABCDE各种情形都成立。就象给你5个数,12345,问谁大于零,不能因为5最大就选它,它们都大于零嘛。所以这种理解不对,非问题所问。我下面会再说什么叫misleading和mislead了谁。
3. 认为:“问题中的extending the local ordinances statewide含义并非将某个具体的地方法规的效力扩展到全洲,而是指禁烟这件事效力及于全洲”是不对的。题目中提到:“antismoking ordinances”,问题和选项中说:“the local ordinances”,复数加冠词the就是特指,指代题目提到的antismoking ordinances。所以问题当然是指要将当前地方法规扩展到全洲的voters了。
其实,题目告诉我们,详细的petition是发给州民了的,看了并理解了petition全文的人就不会被campaign workers误导的。无论州民看不看petition,投票出来的法律和他想象的一样,就不能叫误导。只有哪些不看petition,盲目投票,投出了和他想象的不一样的法律,才会形成误导。所以,B的致命的漏洞是:如果农村地区农民偏偏特认真,都认真阅读了petition再投票,那就不会有误导了。能找到反例的“充分条件”是不能成立的。C是个完美的没有漏洞的充分条件。
附题:
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?
A. Health costs associated with smoking cause health insurance premiums to rise for everyone and so affect nonsmokers.
B. In rural areas of the state, there are relatively few retail establishments and government offices that are open to the public.
C. The state law would supersede the local antismoking ordinances, which contain stronger bans than the state law does.
D. There is considerable sentiment among voters in most areas of the state for restriction of smoking.
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.
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