12. Are you still reading the other newspaper in town? Did you know that the Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldn’t care less about the people of Gotham City? Read the Daily Clarion, the only real voice of the people of Gotham City!

Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?

(A) Over half of the advertising revenues of the Daily Clarion come from firms whose headquarters are located outside of Gotham City.

(B) The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle.

(C) Nearly 40 percent of the readers of the Daily Clarion reside outside the limits of Gotham City.

(D) The editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham City for ten years or more.（D）

(E) The Daily Bugle has been published in Gotham City for a longer time than has the Daily Clarion.

B的问题出在哪里？文中已暗示因为Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate，所以不选择Daily Bugle，选择Daily Clarion。B选相虽也有削弱作用，但不如D直接。我的分析对吗？还是有其他的理由？

The earth’s resources are being depleted much too fast. To correct this, the United States must keep its resource consumption at present levels for many years to come.

14. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?

(A) New resource deposits are constantly being discovered.

(B) The United States consumes one-third of all resources used in the world.

(C) Other countries need economic development more than the United States does.

(D) Other countries have agreed to hold their resource consumption at present levels.（B）

(E) The United States has been conserving resources for several years.

1. Discussed too many times. I hope this is my last time to talk

about it. The question is concerned with the "real voice", not about

local news coverage. One newspaper can exclusively talk about out-

of-town news and still be the real voice of the locality.

2. If the argument is that the US can keep its consumption at

present level, D is correct because it shows that it is possible to

do so. In another word, B addresses why and D addressed how.