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[vicky1986]

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The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills. In fact, the quotas will help "mini-mills" flourish in the United States. Those small domestic mills will take more business from the big American steel mills than would have been taken by the foreign steel mills in the absence of quotas.

Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the claim made in the last sentence above?

(A) Quality rather than price is a major factor in determining the type of steel to be used for a particular application.

(B) Foreign steel mills have long produced grades of steel comparable in quality to the steel produced by the big American mills.

(C) American quotas on imported goods have often induced other countries to impose similar quotas on American goods.

(D) Domestic "mini-mills" consistently produce better grades of steel than do the big American mills.

(E) Domestic "mini-mills" produce low-volume, specialized types of steel that are not produced by the big American steel mills.

正確答案e

b選項我還是有點迷惑
如果foreign 跟 大鋼廠 的品質一樣的話
則原本被foreign搶走的市場 就會屬於 大鋼廠而不是小鋼廠了
那B選項不就成立了嗎
還是說因為品質一樣不代表產品的性質一樣嗎?
拜託各位知道的人可以幫我解答^^

[phillipchu]

The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills. (進口配額的限制不會對大鋼廠有幫助)In fact, the quotas will help "mini-mills" flourish in the United States. Those small domestic mills will take more business from the big American steel mills than would have been taken by the foreign steel mills in the absence of quotas.

Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the claim made in the last sentence above?

題目要問，如何weaken最後一句話
=>最後一句是説，沒有配額限制的話( in the absense of quotas)，小鋼廠會得到更多大鋼廠的生意，比從國外得到的還多。

(B) Foreign steel mills have long produced grades of steel comparable in quality to the steel produced by the big American mills.
這句話應該是在說，Qty(本土)=Qty(外國)
好像沒有weaken的效果....因為產品品質跟配額的限制無關
而E選項
(E) Domestic "mini-mills" produce low-volume, specialized types of steel that are not produced by the big American steel mills.
小廠都生產大廠沒有生產的低量、特殊鋼。
說明如果不是因為配額限制的關係，大鋼廠會自己生產，而不是把訂單轉給小鋼廠，因而weaken

不知道這樣的解釋是否正確
請指教....^^

[dibert8]

因: small domestic mills will take business from the big American steel mills
果: The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills.
i.e. "小廠搶大廠生意" => "限量進口對大廠不好"
弱化方式:否定因
(E) Domestic "mini-mills" produce low-volume, specialized types of steel that are not produced by the big American steel mills. (小廠營業項目不同,不會搶大廠生意)

background information: 美國的小型鋼鐵廠 (mini-mills) 的成本控管較大廠好,競爭力較強.進口鋼鐵比較便宜時,大廠生意被外國公司搶走,限量進口限制了外國公司在美國國內的競爭,但因大廠成本拼不過小廠,擔心生意被小廠吃掉.

[chris8888]

The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills. In fact, the quotas will help "mini-mills" flourish in the United States. Those small domestic mills will take more business from the big American steel mills than would have been taken by the foreign steel mills in the absence of quotas.

Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the claim made in the last sentence above?

(A) Quality rather than price is a major factor in determining the type of steel to be used for a particular application.
不是價格而逝品質 .... 無關, 一定要跟小廠有關
(關鍵 : 進口限額的課稅對大廠沒幫助卻可以幫助小廠, 找推翻)
(B) Foreign steel mills have long produced grades of steel comparable in quality to the steel produced by the big American mills.
沒有提到小廠
(關鍵 : 進口限額的課稅對大廠沒幫助卻可以幫助小廠, 找推翻)
(C) American quotas on imported goods have often induced other countries to impose similar quotas on American goods.
小廠未什麼不能得到好處, 還是沒講
(關鍵 : 進口限額的課稅對大廠沒幫助卻可以幫助小廠, 找推翻)
(D) Domestic "mini-mills" consistently produce better grades of steel than do the big American mills.
提到了小廠, 不能否定, 似乎有點支持
(關鍵 : 進口限額的課稅對大廠沒幫助卻可以幫助小廠, 找推翻)
(E) Domestic "mini-mills" produce low-volume, specialized types of steel that are not produced by the big American steel mills.
提到了小廠, 也提到營業項目種類不同於大廠, 所以對大廠的進口限額的課稅由於項目不同並不能轉移到小廠的營收上
(關鍵 : 進口限額的課稅對大廠沒幫助卻可以幫助小廠, 找推翻)