The sense of delayed gratification, of working now for later pleasure, has helped shape the economic behavior of our society. However, that sense is no longer nurtured as consistently in our children as it once was. For example, it used to take a bit of patience to put together the toys that children got in cereal boxes; now the toys come from the boxes whole.
Which of the following is an assumption of the passage above?
A. The toys in cereal boxes have changed partly because the economic conditions of our society have improved.
B. The influence of promotion gimmicks on the economic behavior of our society has increased over the years.
C. The toys that used to come in cereal boxes were put together by the same children who played with them.
D. art of the pleasure of any toy lie in putting the toy together before playing with it.
E. Today's children do not expect a single toy to provide pleasure for a long period of time.
请问为什么选C呢？ D错在那里呢？
谢谢！作者: myice 时间: 2010-3-17 11:54
有趣的题目：）
首先文章提出了一种情况：以前比较普遍的情况是working now for later pleasure，现在情况变化了 然后文章举出了具体的例子说明：以前的玩具是需要组装后再玩的，现在的情况是玩具都是已经组装好的
那么在这里，“以前的玩具是需要组装后再玩的”就与working now for later pleasure应该是完全对应的 而“玩具都是已经组装好的”应 与现在的情况完全对应
那么这里就出现需要的假设条件了：既然是working now for later pleasure，那么就是说以前的玩具是先组装（working now）然后再玩（later pleasure）,那么这两个动作的主语应该是同一个人才可以
所以C就浮出水面了~~
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art of the pleasure of any toy lie in putting the toy together before playing with it.