大全-I-7 Whenever a major airplane accident occurs, there is a dramatic increase in the number of airplane mishaps reported, a phenomenon that may last for as long as a few months after the accident. Airline officials assert that the publicity given the gruesomeness of major airplane accidents focuses media attention on the airline industry and the increase in the number of reported accidents is caused by an increase in the number of news sources covering airline accident, not by an increase in the number of accidents.
Which of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the assertions of the airline officials? (A) The publicity surrounding airline accidents is largely limited to the country in which the crash occurred. (B) Airline accidents tend to occur far more often during certain peak travel months. (C) News organizations do not have any guidelines to help them decide how severe or how close an accident must be for it to receive coverage. (D) Airplane accidents receive coverage by news sources only when the news sources find it advantageous to do so.（B）
(E) Studies by government regulations show that the number of airplane flight miles remains relatively constant from month to month. 翻遍了所有的历史帖子，对于B的解释，都是说：原文结论为是因为媒体报道资源的增加，而不是因为空难的增加。而B说空难确实在几个月份有集中，所以消弱。 我的问题是： 原文第一个词就是whenever，也就是任何时候都会这样。原文的结论说“并不是因为空难增多”，而没有说“空难肯定不会增多”。 而B说的是当旅游旺季时，空难会多。 这样还能构成消弱吗？越看越象无关啊。 反过来讲，作者可以说：平常时间有空难，因为我说的原因，所以报道多；旅游旺季时，空难多，报道肯定就更多了。 请路过的朋友解惑，谢谢。 | 
