[問題]GWD17-41

[accgirl]

Q41:
Last year a record number of new manufacturing jobs were created. Will this year bring another record? Well, any new manufacturing job is created either within an existing company or by the start-up of a new company. Within existing firms, new jobs have been created this year at well below last year’s record pace. At the same time, there is considerable evidence that the number of new companies starting up this year will be no higher than it was last year and there is no reason to think that the new companies starting up this year will create more jobs per company than did last year’s start-ups. So clearly, the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year’s record.

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

A.The first provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument; the second is a claim that argument challenges.
B.The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a conclusion that the argument draws in order to support that generalization.
C.The first is a generalization that the argument seeks to establish; the second is a judgment that has been advanced in order to challenge that generalization.
D.The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a claim that has been advanced in support of a position that the argument opposes.
E.The first is presented as obvious truth on which the argument is based; the second is a judgment advanced in support of the main conclusion of the argument.


Answer:E
一直在D,E兩個選項裡打轉,一直想不透第二句粗體子的涵義,
有人願意指導我一下嗎?謝謝!

[adonais]

既然是D, E掙扎, 前半段就沒問題了, 問題是後半段
先找本段的conclusion為何? Conclusion 是"So clearly, the number of new jobs created this year will fall short of last year’s record". 既然是 So cleary...引出的結論代表前面一串文字一定是支持了索引出的conclusion. 舉例來說: "I am young and do not have too much experince. So clearly, I am able to make a smart decision是不合邏輯的說法, 所以D後半段所說是oppose argument顯然不會成立

以上淺見,互相切磋指教

[accgirl]

嗯....我想通了~~
第一次問問題就有那麼快的回覆...
真的很感謝~

我的閱讀能力真的需要在加強*