T-3-Q8分析一下

huarenhong

The number of applications for teaching positions in Newtown’s public schools was 5.7 percent lower in 1993 than in 1985 and 5.9 percent lower in 1994 than in 1985. despite a steadily growing student population and an increasing number of teacher resignations, however, Newtown does not face a shortage in the late 1990’s.

Which of the following, if true, would contribute most to an explanation of the apparent discrepancy above?

A. Many of Newtown’s public school students do not graduate from high school
B. New housing developments planned for Newtown are (shared) for occupancy in 1987 and are expected to increase the number of elementary school students in Newtown’s public
C. The Newtown school board does not contemplate increasing the ratio of students to teachers in the 1990’s.
D. Teachers’ colleges in and near Newtown produced lower graduates in 1994 than in 1993
E. In 1993 Newtown’s public schools received 40 percent more applications for teaching positions than there were positions available.

答案是E，应该是直接支持，没什么问题。

想请教一下原题的迷惑性，despite a steadily growing student population and an increasing number of teacher

resignations, however, Newtown does not face a shortage in the late 1990’s. 是不是上面这一段全是废话？关键只是前

面描述的两年老师数量的不一样？

另外，题干里面有结论么？是不是只是描述一些事实？谢谢

leslieliu

 楼主你大既误解resignations的意思…

这里有一个Contradiction就是student population 增加而teacher离职也增加

但Newtown School不受影响...........why????

找帮助解释…所以ans:E

huarenhong

呵呵,秀斗了,现在明白了

yayajiaojeff

怎么有人说答案是c

wechinas

老师求职的申请93年比85年低5.7% à老师少了

老师求职的申请94年比85年低5.9% à老师少了更多

学生增多了，老师辞职的多了（老师减少了），按理来说老师应该不够了，但是Newtown does not face a shortage

解释àE：93年老师求职申请太多了（比实际需要多了40%），所以现在潜在老师其实是很多的，不怕

C：Ratio=学生/老师，没有增加，就是ratio没变或者减少。

没变à学生多了，老师也要多，但是其实少了，不对。

减少à学生多了，老师就要增加的更多，但是老师减少了，也不对

netmovr

因为当时没有看懂contemplate的意思，所以选了C，还以为会增加了ratio。
但是当时排除E是因为只说了93年的情况，鬼知道94年这帮applicant是不是跑到别的地方去了呢，逻辑上还是不严密的。