22. GWD25-Q22.
Springfield Fire Commissioner: the vast majority of false fire alarms
are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street
corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone,
these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we
propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the
number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the
proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect?
A. The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from.
B. Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs Springfield approximately
five million dollars annually.
C. A telephone call can provide the fire department with more information about the
nature and size of a fire than can an alarm placed
from an alarm box.
D. Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire department’s capacity for responding to fires.
E. On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones
in Springfield are out of service.
答案C
题目说大多少恶作剧电话是用街边的alarm boxes打的，但是现在既然大家都有了私人电话，这些alarm boxes就可以搬走了。
如果题目没有最后一句话"Removing the boxes will reduce the
number of prank calls without hampering people’s ability to report a fire."，选C毫无疑问。
但是有了这句话后，题目的意思就是去掉alarm boxes可以减少恶作剧电话，同时不妨碍真实的报灾电话。
这样的话,我觉得A选项：救火中心对私人电话都能记录来源，意思就是私人电话无法匿名搞恶作剧，从而加强。
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