Prominent business executives often play active roles in United Statespresidential campaigns as fundraisers or backroom strategists, but few actuallyseek to become president themselves. Throughout history the great majority ofthose who have sought to become president have been lawyers, military leaders,or full-time politicians. This is understandable, for the personality andskills that make for success in business do not make for success in politics.Business is largely hierarchical, whereas politics is coordinative. As aresult, business executives tend to be uncomfortable with compromises andpower-sharing, which are inherent in politics.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the proposedexplanation of why business executives do not run for president?
A. Many of the most active presidential fundraisers and backroom strategistsare themselves politicians.
B. Military leaders are generally no more comfortable with compromises andpower-sharing than are business executives.
C. Some of the skills needed to become a successful lawyer are different fromsome of those needed to become a successful military leader.
D. Some former presidents have engaged in business ventures after leavingoffice.
E. Some hierarchically structured companies have been major financialsupporters of candidates for president.作者: ximenheng 时间: 2013-3-13 19:59
B这些人不去竞选是【因为】不喜欢c和p-s。去竞选的都是ml,f-t的p。
削弱:B:ml这帮人和b这帮人一样也不喜欢c和p-s。(但是他们去竞选了!)
因此,B这些人不去竞选应该是由于其他的原因而不是c和p-s。
演绎题的正确答案也要和原文在范围上一致. military leader可以演绎成任何东西--例如一只狗--这个选项依然成立.作者: konglxd 时间: 2013-3-14 07:29
明白了,谢谢
113. The reforms to improve the quality of public education that havebeen initiated on the part of suppliers of public education have beeninsufficient. Therefore, reforms must be demanded by consumers. Parents shouldbe given government vouchers with which to pay for their children’s educationand should be allowed to choose the schools at which the vouchers will bespent. To attract students, academically underachieving schools will be forcedto improve their academic offerings.
The argument assumes that
A. in selecting schools parents would tend to prefer a reasonable level ofacademic quality to greater sports opportunities or more convenient location.
B. improvement in the academic offerings of schools will be enforced by thediscipline of the job market in which graduation students compete
C. there is a single best way to educate students
D. children are able to recognize which schools are better and would influencetheir parents’ decisions.
E. schools would each improve all of their academic offering and would not tendto specialize in one particular field to the exclusion of others.亲再帮我看看这个作者: maxwhite 时间: 2013-3-14 19:21
128. The public in the United States has in the past been conditioned to support a substantial defense budget by the threat of confrontation with the Eastern bloc. Now that that threat is dissolving, along with the Eastern bloc itself, it is doubtful whether the public can be persuaded to support an adequate defense budget.
Which one of the following indicates a weakness in the position expressed above?
A. It presupposes that public opinion can be manipulated indefinitely, without the public’s becoming aware of that manipulation.
B. It refers to past and present events that do not have a causal connection with public support of the budget.
C. It assumes as fact what it seeks to establish by
D. It fails to give any reason for the judgment it reaches.
E. It hinges on the term “adequate”, the precise meaning of which requires reevaluation in the new context.
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