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The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills.  In fact, the quotas will help "mini-mills" flourish in the United States.  Those small domestic mills will take more business from the big American steel mills than would have been taken by the foreign steel mills in the absence of quotas.

Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the claim made in the last sentence above?

(A) Quality rather than price is a major factor in determining the type of steel to be used for a particular application.

(B) Foreign steel mills have long produced grades of steel comparable in quality to the steel produced by the big American mills.

(C) American quotas on imported goods have often induced other countries to impose similar quotas on American goods.

(D) Domestic "mini-mills" consistently produce better grades of steel than do the big American mills.

(E) Domestic "mini-mills" produce low-volume, specialized types of steel that are not produced by the big American steel mills.

为什么题中牵涉了与foreign公司的比较，而选项中却没有

感觉PREP的题跟GWD思路不大同啊？

这道题的关键词是 absence of quotas，你自己分析吧，这样才对你有价值

提示：原题中设想本该由谁造成absence？造成absence 给谁？结果题设认为absence 被谁占了？

然后就分清楚哪个支持，哪个反对，哪个无关了，，，

注意题设最后半句的虚拟语气，，，如果说这题有点绕，就是容易忽略虚拟语

气，然后搞不清对比关系

题目说的是，政府想限制进口，来扶植大钢厂，结果作者认为限制掉的这点份额都

被小钢厂抢了

如果想削弱，就要证明小钢厂没抢大钢厂的份额，要对比大钢厂和小钢厂

a.说质量和价钱，题设里没提，particular application 也不知所云，关键的份额

不知所踪

b.对比的是外国厂和大钢厂，没提小钢厂，肯定不对

c.讲得是quotas 政策，离题万里

d.对比的是大小钢厂，但是讲得是质量不是份额，属于弱支持

e.对比大小钢厂，讲得是小钢厂对象市场与大钢厂不同，自然争的不是相同份额，

所以削弱

这道题，直接看e，可能有点迷惑度，但是a,b,c能明显排出，d不管相不相关，明显

是支持，所以肯定选e

补充，

又想了一下，b 可能对你有点迷惑度

b 的作用是支持quota 政策，属于题目的环境。

这种题，可能有一定迷惑度，

记住，逻辑题，作为实事给出的条件，可以看成绝对真理，不需要支持，

这种支持，或者反对，对作者结论没有影响。

b选项我还是有点迷惑耶~~

如果foreign 跟 大钢厂 的质量一样的话

则原本被foreign抢走的市场 就会属于 大钢厂而不是小钢厂了

那B选项不就成立了吗?

还是说因为质量一样不代表产品的性质一样吗?