[問題]OG10th NO.1

[piyopiyo]

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In a survey of job applications, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicaitons who are dishonet, because _______

A. some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honest.

B. some generally honest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be dishonest.

C. some people who claimed on the survey to be at lest a little dishonest may be very dishonest.

D. some people who claimed on the survey to be dishonest may have been answering honestly.

E. some people who are not job applications are probablly at lest a little dishonest.

Ans: A.

Can anyone tell me what's the difference between Choice A and C? How come the best answer is A not C?:-#


Thank you!

[la-vie]

(A)那些不誠實的人在做調查的時候說自己是誠實的
(所以可以完成題目：這份調查可能低估不誠實人的比例)

(C) 那些說自己有一點不誠實的人可能是非常不誠實
(不誠實的程度，無關)

[dibert8]

at lest a little dishonest = 所有 dishonest 包含 very dishonest
改變 dishonest 的程度 (i.e. very dishonest 增加) 並不會影響結論 (2/5 dishonest), 也就看不出有低估的情形囉!