1 or 2 - a BF Question

qiufeng1990

91、boldface roles: (Employees over 40 years old seldom have achievements),, however, Therefore, ?.is due to (emoloyees over 40 years old have been in the same field for too long time). Two questions choices: 1. The first sentence is a pattern, the second supports the arguer’s conclusion. 2. The first is a generalization, and second supports the arguer’s conclusion

WAHT"S DIFERENCE BETWEEN PATTERN AND GENERALIZATION

tongxun

I concur the correct answer is 2.
This BF question is incomplete one. After "however" in the question, the author must provide some evidence to support his conclusion which was discribed after the word "therefore".   " due to" should be used to provide additional reasons to support the conclusion that the author insisted.
According to the differece between "pattern" and " generalization, I think that the mean of the first sentence is to illustrate a generalization.

schwa995

I think the correct ans is 1.
What the differetiation of the pattern and the generalization depends on how the paragragh is sturcted.
Here the later setence serves the casue to the event described in the first sentence. Therefore, the relationship between the two are not  GENERALIZTION- SUPPORT and then the alternative 2 can be ruled out.

twinhead

应该是2吧
Employees over 40 years old seldom have achievements叙述了一个一般化的概括，后者对其支持。
pattern我个人理解是趋于个性的模式，而非广义的概括。
比如细分40岁在外企的employee如何如何就成了一种狭义的模式。