PREP RC2 17

zm_patrickS

17.

At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables.However, many customers come to watch the celebrities who frequent the Hollywood

and they would prefer tall tables with stools because such seating would afford a better view of the celebrities.Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables.Therefore, if the Hollywood replaced some of its seating with high tables and stools, its profits would increase.

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood

to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available

(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood

compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals

(C) a customer of the Hollywood

who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering

(D) a restaurant's customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer

(E) with enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood

's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables

先问一下，这个题目是什么意思啊，究竟是假设，还是削弱啊
选C就应该是个削弱，可是也有很多人都说这个题目是个假设题
希望有人能解释下

victoria820

答案是D吧

题目说客户坐高的凳子待得时间比低的时间长  假设是说要是把低的全部换成高的就推出能提

高利润 题目中已经有一个条件就是 坐高的比低的时间长  D选择是说坐高凳子是待得时间长

同时消费会多一些 只有这样才能推出全换成高的能提高利润

banglixing

原文主要谈凳子高矮的问题。。所以D说的是 时间长短的问题 不对头。。
答案应该是C。。。

xingzixin

题目问的是“The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that”，这个A是错误的，因为他让人们误以为.....，其实就是假设题啊。C是假设啊。他假设坐长凳子就不逗留了。

zm_patrickS

看了很多的解释发现下面这个比较有说服力
首先认为本题是削弱
C：认为H的顾客对于总体来说是个特例，也就是他们并不是做的时间短，而是做的时间长，因此降低了收益

onedayling

我也纠结这道题中，不过看了楼上的回答明白了···
题目的逻辑线：
high tables and stools----->  stay short time  ----->   profits would increase  
C中断了
high tables and stools---\-->  stay short time
说的是high tables and stools----->  stay longer lingering

xiaoxique89

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that
这个论断在面对批评的时候会很脆弱，因为论断本身让人相信很有可能 （注意啊！）：

ABDE都不是论断本身能推导出的东西。
C: a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering
来好莱坞选择坐高桌的人，恰恰不是逗留时间按常理计算的人。

这正是论断本身的致命缺陷！本来坐高桌坐得短，吃得快，利润高，是好事；但是这帮坐高桌的影迷mm们可能吃的快吗，她们是要追星啊，等星几小时，星来了再看几小时，一杯可乐耗你几小时，饭店亏死了！

所以，选C。

by the way，这题很难，我也做错了。