[問題]大全C-11

[Ajinaruto]

From time to time, the press indulges in outbursts of indignation over the use of false or misleading information by the U.S. government in support of its policies and programs. No one endorses needless deception. But consider this historical analogy. It is known that Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage to the New World, deliberately falsified the log to show a shorter sailing distance for each day out than the ships had actually traveled. In this way, Columbus was able to convince his skeptical sailors that they had not sailed past the point at which they expected to find the shores of India. Without this deception, Columbus’s sailors might well have mutinied, and the New World might never have been discovered.

Which of the following is the main weakness of the historical analogy drawn in the passage above?
(A) The sailors in Columbus’s crew never knew that they had been deceived, while government deception is generally uncovered by the press.
(B) A ship’s log is a record intended mainly for use by the captain, while press reports are generally disseminated for use by the public at large.
(C) The members of a ship’s crew are selected by the captain of the ship, while those who work in the press are self-selected.
(D) The crew of a ship is responsible for the success of a voyage, while the press is not responsible for the use others make of the factual information it publishes.
(E) In a democracy, the people are expected to participate in the nation’s political decision making, while the members of a ship’s crew are expected simply to obey the orders of the captain.

The answer is E
想請教一下這一題.
基本上我同意答案為E是因為demoracy跟crew obey the order是本質上的不同;但是我選的時候選到了A,我選: 因為船員不知道被騙了所以沒有造反,但是政府的欺騙並沒有被媒體掩飾起來,所以人民知道政府在欺騙
想請問板上的先進們,再作這題的時候要如何排除錯誤的答案呢?
歡迎討論.

[td91]

Columbus -> government,

crew -> the people,

so try to use Columbus mislead/cheat crew resulted discovery to justify government can mislead/cheat the people. E is clearly the correct answer.

Press is outside the analogy above, whether press uncover the deception is not the main weakness in the analogy.

A 再對被欺騙人群進行比較，並沒有指出這些人群能對這種欺騙的影響。原文是想證明欺騙的合理性，然而被騙人群知不知道他們被騙對欺騙的合理性沒有關係

[Ajinaruto]

原來如此,press是個比較錯誤的對象
我懂了,謝謝你的解釋

[CherrieLi]

抱歉...看了很久, 還是看不懂這題題目選項的意思.....為什麼要選E, 其他選項又是哪裡不對了呢?