Prep T2-20

[kaijen]

Test2-20. (27836-!-item-!-188;#058&003666)

During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company's total payout on car-theft claims has been larger than the company can afford to sustain. Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so it cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way. Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount to holders of car-theft policies whose cars have antitheft devices. Many policyholders will respond to the discount by installing such devices, since the amount of the discount will within two years typically more than cover the cost of installation. Thus, because cars with antitheft devices are rarely stolen, Pro-Tect's plan is likely to reduce its annual payouts.
In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first and the second are both evidence offered by the argument as support for its main conclusion.
(B) The first presents a problem a response to which the argument assesses; the second is the judgment reached by that assessment.
(C) The first is the position the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment the argument uses to support that position.
(D) The first is a development that the argument seeks to explain; the second is a prediction the argument makes in support of the explanation it offers.
(E) The first presents a development whose likely outcome is at issue in the argument; the second is a judgment the argument uses in support of its conclusion about that outcome.

Ans: (B)

請問(B)(E)要如何區分呀?

[kaijen]

Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so it cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way.

我想問that way指的是什麼呀?
car-theft claims has been larger than the company can afford to sustain?
還是reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries?

[dibert8]

減少保單不是解決問題的方法.
that way = reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries

[dibert8]

(E) 的前半段像是因果倒置:如果說第一句話是 outcome, 事情發生的順序就反了. outcome 總是後來發生; issue 就在 BF1, 不是第一句話.後半段 judgement = conclusion 就是 BF2, 而 conclusion 不會 support conclusion. 因此判斷 (E) 出局.
(B) problem = BF2; assessment = BF1~BF2 中間那段文字; BF2 = judgement (i.e. is likely to)

[zeta1203]

那(B) the second is the judgment reached by that assessment
那assessment要怎麼翻? 還是assessment 跟某一個單字也是替換關係,就像judgement = conclusion !

謝謝回答喔

[dibert8]

assessment 就這段話吧: Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount to holders of car-theft policies whose cars have antitheft devices. Many policyholders will respond to the discount by installing such devices, since the amount of the discount will within two years typically more than cover the cost of installation.

[chris8888]

During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company's total payout on car-theft claims has been larger than the company can afford to sustain. Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so it cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way. (2. 針對作者意思的先行陳述+) Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount to holders of car-theft policies whose cars have antitheft devices. Many policyholders will respond to the discount by installing such devices, since the amount of the discount will within two years typically more than cover the cost of installation. Thus, because cars with antitheft devices are rarely stolen, Pro-Tect's plan is likely to reduce its annual payouts.(1. 作者主要意思+)
從這兩點來看, 文章中並沒有互相反對爭論的意思.


In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first and the second are both evidence offered by the argument as support for its main conclusion.
不是證據
(B) The first presents a problem a response to which the argument assesses; the second is the judgment reached by that assessment.

(C) The first is the position the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment the argument uses to support that position.
不是試圖要建立的立場
(D) The first is a development that the argument seeks to explain; the second is a prediction the argument makes in support of the explanation it offers.
不是要解釋的事態發展
(E) The first presents a development whose likely outcome is at issue in the argument; the second is a judgment the argument uses in support of its conclusion about that outcome.
不是事態發展的結果正在爭議中.

[willyyang]

同意D大的分析

這是一個評估(assessment)

另外補充一下at issue這個片語，這個片語解釋如下
at issue: [formal] the problem or subject at issue is the most important part of what you are discussing or considering

例句：At issue here is the extent to which exam results reflect a student's ability.

所以跟爭議一點關係都沒有，at issue表示"討論"或"考慮"中的事情

(E)不對，因為BF2本身就是conclusion，不可能再去support另一個conclusion

[yoyopai]

I think the first bold sentence is not an "arguement" ; it is just a discription of a problem.