请教一下各位这道题：Lark Manufacturing Companyinitiated a voluntary Quality Circles program for machine operators.Independent surveys of employee attitudes indicated that the machine operatorsparticipating in the program were less satisfied with their work situationsafter two years of the program’s existence than they were at the program’sstart. Obviously, any workers who participate in a Quality Circles programwill, as a result, become less satisfied with their jobs.
Eachof the following, if true, would weaken the conclusion drawn above EXCEPT:
(A) The second survey occurred during aperiod of recession when rumors of cutbacks and layoffs at Lark Manufacturingwere plentiful.
(B) The surveys also showed that thoseLark machine operators who neither participated in Quality Circles nor knewanyone who did so reported the same degree of lessened satisfaction with theirwork situations as did the Lark machine operators who participated in QualityCircles.
(C) While participating in QualityCircles at Lark Manufacturing, machine operators exhibited two of the primaryindicators of improved job satisfaction: increased productivity and decreasedabsenteeism.
(D) Several workers at Lark Manufacturingwho had participated in Quality Circles while employed at other companiesreported that, while participating in Quality Circles in their previouscompanies, their work satisfaction had increased.（E）
(E) The machine operators who participatedin Quality Circles reported that, when the program started, they felt thatparticipation might improve their work situations.
答案选的是E. 可是我觉得B问题很大啊，这个题干的结论似乎是：Obviously, any workers who participate in a Quality Circles program will, as a result, become less satisfied with their jobs. B选项似乎说的是没参加的人，和结论无关，因此我觉得无法削弱啊，但为什么不选这个呢？作者: yyhaire 时间: 2013-2-17 11:38
The option E fits in because the machine operators had an expectation going into the program that it would help them improve their work situations. But if it did not fulfill their expectation, then it surely would be a cause of dissatisfaction. Hence option E is correct!作者: ItalyPirlo 时间: 2013-2-18 09:46
