3.19. With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia and with previously established companies adding many jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderian economy. This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year. Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.
之前建立的公司不会增加很多工作，所以除非有新公司成立否则D不会打破记录。
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
(A) Each year, new companies starting up create more new jobs overall than do previously established companies.
(B) Companies established last year will not add a greater number of jobs overall this year than they did last year.反对Ｐ
(C) This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.
(D) This year, the overall number of jobs created by previously established companies will be less than the overall number of jobs lost at those companies.
(E) The number of jobs created in the Derderian economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost last year.
答案是Ｃ
题目结论的意思是，要是有新公司成立，就会打破记录，而C说，新公司成立不会提供比去年公司更多的工作，也就是说即使新公司成立，也不会打破记录，不是与结论矛盾！
请高人指教！小弟感激不已！作者: coffeeqoo 时间: 2013-1-9 21:47
你可以先将C取非：This year, the new companies starting up will provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.言下之意就是即使新公司总数没有超过上一年，但是每个新公司提供的工作比上年多，所以新工作总量有可能比上年多~削弱了argument~作者: reirayanqing 时间: 2013-1-10 06:55
