109. Springfield Fire Commissioner: The vast majority of false fire alarms are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone, these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect?
(A) The fi re department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from.
(B) Maintaining the fi re alarm boxes costs Springfi eld approximately $5 million annually.
(C) A telephone call can provide the fi re department with more information about the nature and size of a fi re than can an alarm placed from an alarm box.
(D) Responding to false alarms signifi cantly reduces the fire department’s capacity for responding to fires.
(E) On any given day, a signifi cant percentage of the public telephones in Springfi eld are out of service.
分析：
(B) Maintaining the fi re alarm boxes costs Springfi eld approximately $5 million annually.
成本不是本文的讨论内容。无关。
(C) A telephone call can provide the fi re department with more information about the nature and size of a fi re than can an alarm placed from an alarm box.
电话报警提供更多内容。这句话是对的。但重点是讨论电话报警的可靠性，不是火警盒子的必要性。另外报警内容也没提假火警。无关
(D) Responding to false alarms signifi cantly reduces the fire department’s capacity for responding to fires.
假火警的危害。这个与取消盒子的原因无关。
(E) On any given day, a signifi cant percentage of the public telephones in Springfi eld are out of service.
公共电话，这个词既不是私人电话也不是火警盒子，纯属无关词汇。各培训机关和OG都反复提醒考生：不要自己代入生活常识。不要臆测，不要想当然。
(A) The fi re department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from.
无论这个选项看起来多恶心，它提到了所有的逻辑对象：火警，报警电话，私人电话……比其他选项都看起来更靠谱。
楼主犯的错误就是GMAT一直强调的——你自己想当然了，把生活常识代入。你觉得公共电话也可以报火警，这个没错，但是文章没提。没提就等于不存在。作者: s 时间: 2010-5-18 19:26
