Jennifer: Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993. The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.
Brad: There must be another explanation: as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals. Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?
In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.
In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.
Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
答案需要解释这个情况:E。
Brad: 肯定有另外的解释。 像你说的,出租量下滑了10000。 然而V店在1994年只卖了4000盘。
削弱题 削弱Brad的反对
(A) 1994年, V店出租比卖的多;文中说94年C地总出租量减少10000,已经把V店的出租量包括进去了,所以V店出租再多,对该地区总的出租量下滑也没有影响,所以无关,排
(B) 在1994年,两个只租不卖的新店在C地开了;没有谈到对出租下滑的影响,无关,排
(C) C地大部分影像店在每周的固定夜晚折扣出租;某些日子折扣出租,无关,排.
(D) 人们经常买原来在剧院看过的电影录像带;人们的购买习惯,无关,排
(E) 有录像带的人经常把它们借给朋友;说明虽然V店只卖了4000,买了录像带的人会借录像带给朋友,从而导致该地出租量下滑,还是因为V店导致出租下滑,削弱了Bradd说的还有另外的解释,正确
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B: That's not possible, since Videorama only sold 4000 videos.
to WEAKEN brad's objection, you have to COME UP WITH A WAY FOR 4000 SALES TO CANCEL OUT 10,000 RENTALS.
(a) is irrelevant to this issue.
(e) provides a perfect reason why the 4000 sales could, indeed, compensate for the 10,000 rentals: if the sold videos are loaned around, then each of them could cancel out multiple rentals.
果:Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993
因:A new store Videorama opened, which offered rental service and also sold the videos cheaply.
两者的观点
Jennifer:C地租赁的减少是因为V卖碟
Brad:C租赁的减少和V卖碟没关系
问题是weaken Brad‘s opinion,说白了就是要strengthen Jennifer的观点。
因此E. 完全符合(V卖碟导致了C租赁的减少)的逻辑链。
再看A. 我的理解错误在于:我把Centerville看成了某个store,而不是题意中的某地。因此不管V到底租出去了多少,因为C地整体上的rental的数量变低了,所以我们要找出能解释rental变少的原因,而本题里就是因为V开始卖碟了。
错选A,题目The decline in rentals,整体的租赁量是下降的,A选项说租的比卖的多,并没有用
前提:整体C地区的video租赁量下降(注意不是C和V对比,因为说了V是唯一一家租赁outlet,C是一个地区)
结论:原因不是卖碟的缘故(卖碟数量少于租赁增加量)问削弱(意在证明原因就是卖碟)选E
L:rental销量下降,因为开了一家videorama买碟
B:卖碟销量远远不及rental减少量
seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation =削弱反对(B的解释),就是赞同J。
A选项不能完全解释,因为举例说明如果rental是5000,虽然它大于4000但是却不能完全解释10000的decline的原因。
B选项也是一样的道理,只是给出了另外一个原因,但是是否充分不能验证,也可以排除;另外B如果成立,是加强brad的说法,而不是削弱。
C如果成立也是加强brad的说法,而不是削弱
D是无关选项
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Jennifer: C地的影像店在1994年的录像带出租量比1993年少了10000。出租下降可能几乎完全因为V店1994年2月的开业,此地区最大也是唯一一家既出租,也低价出售录像带的影像店
Brad: 肯定有另外的解释。 像你说的,出租量下滑了10000。 然而V店在1994年只卖了4000盘。
C这个地方的整个video出租量都下降了, Video rental outlets in 【Centerville together】handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993. 【The decline in rentals 】was probably due almost entirely to ,V的出租量本来就包含在整个出租量里边。新开的Videorama是在C这个地区的,所以减少的10000里也包括Videorama的rentals
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