Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time. A survey in House magazine revealed that 85% of the magazine’s readers are planning to buy a second home over the next few years. A study of the real estate industry, however, revealed that the current supply of homes could only provide for 65% of that demand each year.
8. Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?
(A) Real estate is a highly labor-intensive business.
(B) Home builders are not evenly distributed across the country.
(C) The number of people who want second homes has been increasing each year for the past ten years.
(D) Readers of House magazine are more likely than most people to want second homes.
(E) House magazine includes articles about owning a second home as well as articles about building a second home.

answer:d

请问这道题要weaken的是什么？是第一句话还是最后一句？还有65%指的不是85%中的65%吗？那为什么选d??

我觉得是weaken第一句话,而原文说85%的读者想买房,但你不清楚读者一共有多

少,d说杂志的读者更有可能买房,(把d带回原文,如果有100个读者那么85个想买房.

而需求要远远高于85 (因为需求要包括读者和其他人)假如是需求1000栋,那满足了

65%就是有650栋,而读者最有可能买,期于的都是想想,所以房子会有剩余,那也就

weaken了第一句话-投资房地产是有利可图的

不知道对不对,还有待讨论

我觉得weaken的是文中的观点，就是房地产有利可图。

65%是对所有购房需求而言，85%是针对杂志读者而言，不一样。所以65%与之前的

85%并不矛盾，也就没有

所谓的供不应求的局面（造成房地产有利可图的结果），因此观点被weaken了。