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jerry_link

Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. in order to take advantage of this increase,Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its already very extensive advertising of this product.

which of the following , if true, provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase its sales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?

A. Although it sells all of the telephones that it produces,Mammoth Industries' share of all telephone sales has declined over the last year.
E. Despite a slight decline in the retail price, sales of Mammoth Industries' telephone have fallen in the last year


I choose A ,but the Ans is E ,why?

小米

E在说：尽管价格微幅下调，去年的销量还是下降了。这就说明在整体市场“Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. ”的情况下，MI的销量都下降了，即使今年整体市场形势还是很好，但MI的市场销量未必好，那么扩大生产也未必必要。

A为无关选项，SHARE的变化与销量无直接关系；退一步，就算有关，也是SUPPORT 扩大再生产。

hambaby

A, it sells all of the telephones, and at the same time, the market share has declined.  
可能是供应(生产)不足,导致份额下降. 所以不能说 expand production 不可行.

MWY

第一句的increase指的是市场上的电话销量，不是仅指Mammoth公司的。是不是错在这里了？
如果Mammoth公司去年销量increase ,也可能同时市场份额下降，还是可以盈利的。
E：零售单价下降，销售量也下降，相乘结果说明销售总额是下降的。

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-7-26 18:49:15编辑过]

jerry_link

谢谢大家

我明白了：）

swlfx

小米的解释很棒。

jennyb

小米的解释很棒。

duanfa

冰冰凉

用数学的路子解释满清楚的

oceanalma

Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. In order to take advantage of this increase, Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its own model of telephone, while continuing its already very extensive advertising of this product.

Which of the following, if true, provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase its sales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?

(A) Although it sells all of the telephones that it produces, Mammoth Industries’ share of all telephone sales has declined over the last year.

(B) Mammoth Industries’ average inventory of telephones awaiting shipment to retailers has declined slightly over the last year.

(C) Advertising has made the brand name of Mammoth Industries’ telephones widely known, but few consumers know that Mammoth Industries owns this brand.

(D) Mammoth Industries’ telephone is one of three brands of telephone that have together accounted for the bulk of the last year’s increase in sales.

(E) Despite a slight decline in the retail price, sales of Mammoth Industries’ telephones have fallen in the last year.

这个题目还有有点不清楚，关于c项

既然广告已经很有作用了，因为大家都知道了这个牌子，如果还要继续广告，增加投入，对收入也是没有帮助的亚，不也是support不能帮助增加sales了吗