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Karmalotse

84.   
In Borania many people who want to quit smoking wear nicotine skin patches, which deliver small doses of nicotine through the skin.  Beginning next month, these patches can be purchased without a doctor's prescription.  Although nonprescription patches will be no more effective than those obtained by prescription and will be equally expensive, patch manufacturers are nevertheless predicting that the patches' new nonprescription status will boost sales, which have slowed considerably in recent years.
Which of the following, if true in Borania, most strongly supports the manufacturers' prediction?
A. Most people who wanted to quit smoking and who found the nicotine skin patch helpful in quitting have quit.
B. Nicotine skin patches generally cost more to use than do other types of aids that help people to quit smoking.
C. Several nonprescription aids aimed at helping people to quit smoking have been widely available for a number of years.
D. Many smokers who want to quit smoking feel that they cannot afford to visit a doctor for a prescription.
E. People who use nicotine skin patches have approximately the same rate of success in quitting smoking as do people who use other aids aimed at helping people to quit smoking.
此题选·D  可是c 为什么不对呢  我觉得c 也是明显的支持啊

robinyue

C is weakening. It's like asking: there are many forums similar to CD.com available in China, would CD.com be successful?

Karmalotse

C is weakening. It's like asking: there are many forums similar to CD.com available in China, would  ...
robinyue 发表于 2012-3-20 19:02

什么c是weaken呢？
结论是the patches' new nonprescription status will boost sales。 c说这种 nonpresciption aid 已经发展很久了  我觉得应该是支持啊

我明白您的意思，但是我觉得这道题是support不是assumption，应该有一点支持都可以算是正确吧。
下面这个例子我不知道举的是不适合，这是prep的一道题

In the past year Harborville has had an unusually high rate of new cases of a certain disease.An investigation revealed that over the past five years Harborville's public water supply has had a high level of pollutants.Medical researchers have hypothesized that Harborville's water is responsible for the high rate of new cases of the disease.

Each of the following, if true, provides additional support for the researchers' hypothesis EXCEPT:

W中P多导致并多

问：别的原因导致

(A) Most of the people afflicted with new cases of the disease had regularly drunk larger quantities of Harborville's water than had other Harborville residents.喝多，病多

(B) The same type of pollutants that were found in Harborville's water have independently been linked to occurrences in other towns of high rates of the disease.其他城市也有类似病例

(C) Some of the people with newly diagnosed cases of the disease began to develop the disease before Harborville's water became polluted.没喝水也有病，削弱

(D) The rate of new cases of the disease among residents of Harborville who get their water from private sources is not unusually high.喝少病少

(E) Towns with geographic and demographic characteristics similar to those of Harborville but without polluted water do not have as high a rate of the disease as does Harborville.喝少病少

您看一下B选项，我觉得这和上一道题中的c是一个意思吧。

robinyue

If a new product entering an established market with several competing products, the chance of its financial success is significantly diminished (sales would not increase significantly).

On the other hand, if a new product entering a NEW market with NO rival products, then the chance of its financial success would be greatly enhanced.

Thus, C) is weakening.

Gabby308

c说这种 nonpresciption aid 已经发展很久了  我觉得应该是支持啊

NO. c说 OTHER nonpresciption aid 已经发展很久了

Reading comprehension.

Karmalotse

c说这种 nonpresciption aid 已经发展很久了  我觉得应该是支持啊

NO. c说 OTHER nonpresciption aid 已 ...
Gabby308 发表于 2012-3-23 06:58

完了完了 我真的怀疑我的理解能力出了问题 我知道你的意思是说  other nonpresciption aid已经发展很久 会对这个nonpresciption patch 造成竞争。
可是我是这么觉得。   我觉得这就像一个类比  c说 other nonpresciption aid 发展很久了并为人们所接受， 而nonpresciption patch 也算nonpresciptipn 的一种，所以加强了nonprescription patch也能提高sales。

这就像说一个花店在a城市成功经营，这个条件一定会给“这个花店在b城市成功经营”这个结论起到加强作用。

我不知道是哪里出了问题？？

Gabby308

Think as a businessman. First mover's advantage is a known phenomena for startups. You have no competition if you are the first vendor or manufacturer of a new product. A crowded playing field is a nightmare for entrepreneurs unless a brilliant idea which kills the competition.

Further, success cannot be copied from an established enterprise to a newcomer. Why would customers switch their purchasing habit from a trustworthy brand to a new one? Especially in medicine, what about the side effects for the new medication? The consumers would choose a reliable medicine instead of a fashionable new one.

Finally, the fact that there were similiar medicines available does not indicate that any of them was successful. Maybe all of them are loosing money!

Karmalotse

Think as a businessman. First mover's advantage is a known phenomena for startups. You have no compe ...
Gabby308 发表于 2012-3-24 08:57

thank you very much for your patient  respond~