were heavy, and airlines equipped their planes with few of these seats. This year the seat that has sold best to
airlines has been the safest one—a clear indication that airlines are assigning a higher priority to safe seating
than to minimizing fuel costs.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
(A) Last year's best-selling airline seat was not the safest airline seat on the market.
(B) No airline company has announced that it would be making safe seating a higher priority this year.
(C) The price of fuel was higher this year than it had been in most of the years when the safest airline seats
sold poorly.
(D) Because of increases in the cost of materials, all airline seats were more expensive to manufacture this
year than in any previous year.
(E) Because of technological innovations, the safest airline seat on the market this year weighed less than
most other airline seats on the market.
Ans: E
OG:
Choice C indicates that minimizing fuel costs remains a priority, but it is neutral on whether safety has become more
important, so C is incorrect. Choice D does not distinguish between safe and unsafe seats, and is thus also
incorrect.
想請教大家為什麼CD選項不是『支持』呢？
我的想法是：
C: 即使油價比以前貴，安全座椅的銷售卻比以前好→支持結論。
D: 原料成本變貴了，所有座椅也都變貴了→安全座椅也變貴了→安全座椅卻賣的最好→支持結論。
OG卻說，C的油價資訊是neutral，D沒有分辨一般座椅和安全座椅，似乎暗示這兩個選項提供的資訊還不夠完整
嗯....我實在無法理解OG的想法
