GWD-25-Q2 讨论

sererse

GWD 真的比OG要难很多，错了两道，有兴趣的话可以讨论一下下面两题。

GWD-25-Q2.

In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase from five Kirlandic dollars(KD5.00) Per hour to KD5.50 per hour. Opponents of this increase have argued that the resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation rate up. In fact its impact on wages will probably be negligible, since only a very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than KD5.50 per hour.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A.   Most people in Kirlandia who are currently earning the minimum wage have been employed at their current jobs for less than a year.

B.    Some firms in Kirlandia have paid workers considerably less than KD5.00 per hour, in violation of Kirlandic employment regulations.

C.   Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must reward trained workers by keeping their pay levels above the pay level of trainees.

D.   The greatest growth in Kirlandia’s economy in recent years has been in those sectors where workers earn wages that tend to be much higher than the minimum wage.

E.    The current minimum wage is insufficient for a worker holding only one job to earn enough to support a family, even when working full time at that job.

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.

goodfish

是不是两题都选C啊？

sererse

两题给的答案都是C，但是第一题我选的是B。能说一下你两题的思路吗，谢谢。

IceOnMe

问题时说最低工资的增长对工资的影响可以忽略，因为大部人的工资已经在5.5之上了。
B的some，明确性不好，some不是most,不能说明问题的。
C.   Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must reward trained workers by keeping their pay levels above the pay level of trainees.
说明大多数公司给雇员的工资虽然在5.5以上，但是这是受 the minimum wage决定的，。所以 the impact of the increse onminimun  wages will not be negligible.

gifiler

1,I thk the key of the first qsn is the emphasis on  'small proportion' which refers to workers

earnin minimum wages.

However, in answer c, it involved a new term' trainee' who is differnt from the worker mentioned above.  While the argument say that the new policy will benefit a small proprtion only(worker), the answer c assert that traninee(who are differnt from permanent stafff) will also benefit from the reform, and thus the  benefit of new polisy is not negligible.

2, For the second qsn..becasue the statement illustrate that everyone has private phone which enable them to make urgent call, the alarm box outlive its usefulness. Since the alarm box provide prank call and since everyone has easy access to private call, the alarm box is actually optional and can thus be removed.