109．Springfield Fire Commissioner: The vast majority offalse fire alarms are prank calls made anonymouslyfrom fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtuallyeveryone has access to a private telephone, thesealarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore,we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxeswill reduce the number of prank calls withouthampering people's ability to report a fire.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports
the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the
announced effect?
(A)The fire department traces all alarm calls made
from private telephones and records where they
came from.
(B)Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs
Springfield approximately $5 million annually.
(0A telephone call can provide the fire department
with more information about the nature and
size of a fire than can an alarm placed from an
alarm box.
(D)Responding to false alarms significantly reduces
the fire department's capacity for responding
to fires.
(E)On any given day, a significant percentage of
the public telephones in Springfield are out of
service.
答案是A..没有问题·
只是不知道为什么OG说E选项是weakens support for (2):doing so will not hamper people's ability to report fires
自己觉得public telephones在这儿是无关选项吖··又不懂OG了···作者: timothyyung 时间: 2011-9-30 21:47
我是这么想的
D也可以算是一种weaken；一种弱得weaken， On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones in Springfield are out of service.
能够打报警电话的：1， alarm box, 2. private telephone, 3. public telephones(stimulus中没有提到）
conclusion: Removing the boxeswill reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people's ability to report a fire
why we must reduce the number of prank calls ?
because; The vast majority offalse fire alarms are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners
why we can't have false alarms
because : Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire department's capacity for responding
