Two computer companies, Garnet and Renco, each pay Salcor to provide health insurance for their employees. Because early treatment of high cholesterol can prevent strokes that would otherwise occur several years later, Salcor encourages Garnet employees to have their cholesterol levels tested and to obtain early treatment for high cholesterol. Renco employees generally remain with Renco only for a few years, however. Therefore, Salcor lacks any financial incentive to provide similar encouragement to Renco employees.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Early treatment of high cholesterol does not eliminate the possibility of a stroke later in life.
B. People often obtain early treatment for high cholesterol on their own.
C. Garnet hires a significant number of former employees of Renco.
D. Renco and Garnet have approximately the same number of employees.
E. Renco employees are not, on average, significantly younger than Garnet employees.
这个题曾经以填空题得形式出现过,答案是A 现在以普通的方式出现答案是C,很不解作者: 87338618 时间: 2011-12-1 21:44
楼主 以填空的方式出现应该选A
因为,填空解释的是 为什么Salcor没有足够的理由让R的员工早治疗,因为A. Early treatment of high cholesterol does not eliminate the possibility of a stroke later in life.
早治疗不会减少以后中风的可能性,又因为题目说的R的员工都是短期的,也就是说这些员工离开公司以后,很有可能还是会得中风,他们还得自己支付
中风的医药费,所以Salcor
但是如果问削弱的话,应该选C 没错
题目说Salcor鼓励G的员工早治疗,却 lacks any financial incentive 去鼓励R的员工,但是C选项却说G的员工都是R以前的员工,所以应该是Salcor鼓励R的员工早治疗, lacks any financial incentive 去鼓励G的员工,因为G的员工来自R,而R已经在几年前为他们支付过保险了。 所以C削弱了两个方面。
我认为你那个explain的解释的非常到位,但是我不同意你那个关于削弱的解释啊。。
文章中说G公司和R公司,each pay S 公司来为他们的员工提供健康保险。。。S鼓励G公司的员工去做检查,然后早发现早治疗。。 这就表明了做检查预防中风的发生可以给S公司省钱啊。。。
然后文章中说S缺少经济方面的动机来建议R也提供同样的encouragement。问削弱 。我们应该找的是:证明S其实有 financial incentive。
而不是从G和R两个公司的经济方面来考虑。我觉得你解释的角度偏了。。
这其实是个gap题:即使R员工离开了R公司,S还是会和这些人脱不了干系,因为G雇佣大部分原R公司的员工。如果在不鼓励的情况下,很有可能的情况是R员工中来到G的大部分人患有C病。而因为这些人没有及早的 treatment,又知道“early treatment of high cholesterol can prevent strokes that would otherwise occur several years later”,所以S公司可能要支付巨额的保险金。基于这点的考虑, S公司要同样的鼓励R员工。(这个点就是financial incentive了~)
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