原题:
“Currently, more professional accountants use SmartPro accounting software than any other brand. However, in the market for personal accounting software for non-professionals to use in preparing their income tax returns, many of our competitors are outselling us. In surveys, our professional customers repeatedly say that they have chosen SmartPro Software because our most sophisticated software products include more advanced special features than competing brands. Therefore, the most effective way for us to increase sales of our personal accounting software for home users would clearly be to add the advanced special features that our professional software products currently offer.”
Discuss how well reasoned 。 . .etc.
34.学生反对学校削减项目开支,有200学生加入,另12000学生不是留在学校就是没参加发对活动,作者称200人不足以代表所有学生意见,因此政府不应考虑学生们的反对意见。
原题:去年冬天有200个州立大学的学生去州政府*政府消减这个大学的各种项目费用,但由于其他的12000名大学似乎这个问题不感兴趣,他们或者呆在校园,或者休假。由于200人相对于12000来说,不具有代表性,所以州政府可以不用理睬学生的*。
The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper:
“This past winter, 200 students from Waymarsh State College traveled to the state capitol building to protest against proposed cuts in funding for various state college programs. The other 12,000 Waymarsh students evidently weren’t so concerned about their education: they either stayed on campus or left for winter break. Since the group who did not protest is far more numerous, it is more representative of the state’s college students than are the protesters. Therefore the state legislature need not heed the appeals of the protesting students.”
提供观点:
1. 代表学生的形成方式不知道。如果是随机产生的,那么去反对的学生完全可以代表学生总体。
2. 没去的学生不一定不关心。他们可能有更重要的事情要忙。例如要赶回家过圣诞节。有已经订好的寒假计划等等。
3. 此外,没去的学生之所以没有去很可能是因为他们觉得那些代表足可以代表他们表达心声。
35.是ice cream 的 关于在一个town开店。。说这里冬天很冷。。所以预计开店不会赚钱。
原题:
“We should not approve the business loan application of the local group that wants to open a franchise outlet for the Kool Kone chain of ice cream parlors. Frostbite is known for its cold winters, and cold weather can mean slow ice cream sales. For example, even though Frostbite is a town of 10,000 people, it has only one ice cream spot — the Frigid Cow. Despite the lack of competition, the Frigid Cow’s net revenues fell by 10 percent last winter.”
提供观点:
1, 排除他因,净收入下降的原因是什么?可能是经营不好,草率定价,甚至正因为缺乏竞争导致了这些。
2, 寒冷冬天不等于没有夏天,也不等于夏天短暂。不能说明原因。
36.题库原题:No.64 The following appeared in a memorandum from the director of human resources to the executive officers of
Company X:
“Last year, we surveyed our employees on improvements needed at Company X by having them rank, in order of importance, the issues presented in a list of possible improvements. Improved communications between employees and management was consistently ranked as the issue of highest importance by the employees who responded to the survey. As you know, we have since instituted regular communications sessions conducted by high-level management, which the employees can attend on a voluntary basis. Therefore, it is likely that most employees at Company X now feel that the improvement most needed at the company has been made.”