OG 145

[agk99]

145. Between 1975 and 1985, nursing-home occupancy rates averaged 87 percent of capacity, while admission rates remained constant, at an average of 95 admissions per 1,000 beds per year. Between 1985 and 1988, however, occupancy rates rose to an average of 92 percent of capacity, while admission rates declined to 81 per 1,000 beds per year.
If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn?

(A) The average length of time nursing-home residents stayed in nursing homes increased between 1985 and 1988.
(B) The proportion of older people living in nursing homes was greater in 1988 than in 1975.
(C) Nursing home admission rates tend to decline whenever occupancy rates rise.
(D) Nursing homes built prior to 1985 generally had fewer beds than did nursing homes built between 1985 and 1988.
(E) The more beds a nursing home has, the higher its occupancy rate is likely to be.

題目是歸納一個結論，C不就結論嗎，為何要選A，解答說C不能支持，但問題是找結論呀，A的length of time nursing要如何看出來

[Pufa]

C的問題出在tend to,
Nursing home admission rates tend to decline whenever occupancy rates rise.
表示這個現象從1985年到現在，甚至未來都會繼續發生。
但是我們從題幹給的資料裡，不能判定這僅是1985~1988年間的現象，或是1985以後的現象。

題幹說：用床數上升，但是申請人數下降。
我們可以得到一個結論：每個人平均留在養老院的時間變長了（出去的人比住進來的人少），所以用床數才會上升。

[agk99]

懂了懂了
謝謝Pufa

[pimi]

這題用申請人數來翻譯提幹裡的admission, 可能會有點誤解題意
可能說佔床率上升, 但准許進入率下降會好些

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