Questions 156-157 are based on the following.
Companies O and P each have the same number of employees who work the same number of hours per week.
According to records maintained by each company, the employees of Company O had fewer job-related accidents last year than did the employees of Company P. Therefore, employees of Company O are less likely to have job-related accidents than are employees of Company P.
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Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?
(A) Company P manufactures products that are more hazardous for workers to produce than does Company O.
(B) Company P holds more safety inspections than does Company O.
(C) Company P maintains a more modern [url=]infirmary[/url] than does Company O.
(D) Company O paid more for new job-related medical claims than did Company P.
(E) Company P provides more types of health-care benefits than does Company O.
A is the best answer.
The passage’s statistical data support the conclusion, but give information about one year only and identify no factor that would cause a higher accident rate at Company P. By describing such a factor, choice A, the best answer, suggests that these data can support a generalization like the conclusion.
1Company P’s greater number of safety inspections (choice B) may simply indicate greater attention to workers’ safety.
关于B项,不明白?我认为是weaken结论,但ets认为无关?
请指教!thx! |