解题笔记第二组:

5.

Proposed new safety rules for Beach City airport would lengthen considerably the minimum

time between takeoffs from the airport. In consequence, the airport would be able to

accommodate 10 percent fewer flights than currently use the airport daily. The city's

operating budget depends heavily on taxes generated by tourist spending, and most of the

tourists come by plane. Therefore, the proposed new safety rules, if adopted, will reduce

the revenue available for the operating budget.

The argument depends on assuming which of the following?

(A) There are no periods of the day during which the interval between flights taking off

from the airport is significantly greater than the currently allowed minimum.

(B) Few, if any, of the tourists who use Beach City airport do so when their main

destination is a neighboring community and not Beach City itself.

(C) If the proposed safety rules are adopted, the reduction in tourist numbers will not

result mainly from a reduction in the number of tourists who spend relatively little in

Beach City.

(D) Increasing the minimum time between takeoffs is the only way to achieve necessary

safety improvements without a large expenditure by the city government on airport

enhancements.

(E) The response to the adoption of the new safety rules would not include a large

increase in the number of passengers per flight.

前提：飞机的数量减少10%

结论：运营收入的减少

问题是：假设

我的错题总是在假设上，感觉自己没有完全理解假设的问题。

其实假设和其他问题一样，在结论不蕴含前提的情况下，都是要找到logical gap。

E的意思是应对方案不包含提高每架飞机的载客量。如果提高每架飞机的载客量，即使飞机数量减少，游客也不会减少，所以带来的不一定是运营收入的减少。这个答案是正确的。

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Political Advertisement: Mayor Delmont's critics complain about the jobs that were lost in

the city under Delmont's leadership. Yet the fact is that not only were more jobs created

than were eliminated, but each year since Delmont took office the average pay for the new

jobs created has been higher than that year's average pay for jobs citywide. So it stands

to reason that throughout Delmont's tenure the average paycheck in this city has been

getting steadily bigger.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the advertisement?

(A) The unemployment rate in the city is higher today than it was when Mayor Delmont

took office.

(B) The average pay for jobs in the city was at a ten-year low when Mayor Delmont took

office.

(C) Each year during Mayor Delmont's tenure, the average pay for jobs that were

eliminated has been higher than the average pay for jobs citywide.

(D) Most of the jobs eliminated during Mayor Delmont's tenure were in declining

industries.

(E) The average pay for jobs in the city is currently lower than it is for jobs in the suburbs

surrounding the city.

前提：D市长在任期间创造的工作机会比eliminated更多，而且新工作薪酬更高。

结论：D市长在任期间城市的平均收入增加。

问题：削弱

结论不蕴含前提，所以要指出logical gap

C我的问题是，如果去掉的工作平均工资高于实际平均工资，其实是拉低了整体的平均工资。这个也不是logical gap啊。