Prep T1-34

[mitori]

34. (31982-!-item-!-188;#058&005681)

For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Voronia rose by fifteen percent or more annually. In order to curb these dramatic increases, the ministry of health prohibited drug manufacturers from raising any of their products' prices. Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze, per capita expenditure for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the ministry's action did not achieve its goal?

(A) After price increases were prohibited, drug manufacturers concentrated on producing new medications to replace existing products.
(B) The population of Voronia rose steadily throughout the period.
(C) Improvements in manufacturing processes enabled drug manufacturers to maintain high profit levels on drugs despite the price freeze.
(D) In addition to imposing a price freeze, the government encouraged doctors to prescribe generic versions of common drugs instead of the more expensive brand-name versions.
(E) After price increases were prohibited, some foreign manufacturers of expensive drugs ceased marketing them in Voronia.

Ans.A--為什不選B
感覺A無關

[pockyqueen]

For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Voronia rose by fifteen percent or more annually. In order to curb these dramatic increases, the ministry of health prohibited drug manufacturers from raising any of their products' prices. Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze, per capita expenditure for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year.


A.其實已開始我也覺得a無關也,還沒想到有力的解釋,大家看這樣的說法有沒有說服力..the manufacturers cannot raise prise of existing products so they seek out other medications that are probably more expensive than the existing products
B.although the population increased, the use of prescription drug did not expand所以人口變多但並沒有比較多的人花錢在presciption drug上,無法解釋per capita expenditure continued to increase
CDE都還滿明顯沒有相關
所以答案就只剩A了

[lucyyeh]

我想A選的暗示是，藥廠既然不被允許"漲"現有產品的價，他們就出比現有產品價"高"的產品(雖然題目沒說)，"取代"(-->這兩個字重要)既有產品，而且很可能的是，舊有產品就不出了，
所以消費者被迫選擇就貴的產品，整體的消費金額自然增加。
我覺得這題critical的地方在於沒有說新藥是否有比較貴...可能要我們自己去推論吧!按常理是應該如我上面說的...

[foric0822]

我覺得這題GMAT考題精髓
主要是考相關性，
文中前提是政府作了某種的作法，但是卻無法達成他所想要的結果
如果要去解釋的話，用有“其他因素產生”造成無法達到預期效果
是最容易的方式解題的方式
所以我覺得 針對A也不需要在去過份推斷，補足論點（例如新藥如何如何）
選項與結論有關的就只有AB（per capita與分子分母有關）
B選的人口增加，應該會造成 per capita的下降 與事實不符
所以只剩下A
A選不好，但是他是唯一有關又不違背原題背景的選項

[catyhsin]

I chose D. Why D is not corret? This will also cause the per capita expenditure on prescription drugs to increase.....

Thanks in advance for answering this.

[dibert8]

因為 "use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze" 加上醫生開便宜的藥, "per capita expenditure for prescription drugs" 就不太會增加了.

[catyhsin]

Thanks!

我想重點也可能是本文中的這個字"substantial", 所以不能選D.

[chris8888]

In order to curb these dramatic increases, the ministry of health prohibited drug manufacturers from raising any of their products' prices.
<== 不是已經說了嗎? 任何人他們的產品價格都會被禁止
(A) After price increases were prohibited, drug manufacturers concentrated on producing new medications to replace existing products.

題目說禁止價格漲價, 確沒說哪些藥品不漲, 我第一時間只會想到所有藥品都不可以漲價, 即使開發新藥品也不可以漲, 這不是政府的政策嗎? A選項有點鑽牛角了, 或者ETS出題不良. 感覺有點扯.

感覺這一題真的不是很好的選項, 但若用消去法確實只能選擇A, 過話又說回來, 我ㄧ開始就刪掉A,我還是覺得ETS這一題出的不好.

[duration36]

(A)選項，只要新開發的藥物價格比現在的被禁止漲價的藥品價格高(新開發的藥物不需漲價),per capita expenditure for prescription drugs就會上升.因此解釋。
:)

[Penda]

不好意思請教一個問題,

如果原題目被改成 Even though "per capita"(原題無此兩字) use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze, expenditure(原文expenditure前本來有per capita) for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year.的話
是不是選項(B)就會比較好呢?

謝謝 :-)

[resource52571uc]

[quote="mitori"]34. (31982-!-item-!-188;#058&005681)

For several years, per capita expenditure on prescription drugs in Voronia rose by fifteen percent or more annually. In order to curb these dramatic increases, the ministry of health prohibited drug manufacturers from raising any of their products' prices. Even though use of prescription drugs did not expand after this price freeze, per capita expenditure for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the ministry's action did not achieve its goal?

(A) After price increases were prohibited, drug manufacturers concentrated on producing new medications to replace existing products.
(B) The population of Voronia rose steadily throughout the period.
(C) Improvements in manufacturing processes enabled drug manufacturers to maintain high profit levels on drugs despite the price freeze.
(D) In addition to imposing a price freeze, the government encouraged doctors to prescribe generic versions of common drugs instead of the more expensive brand-name versions.
(E) After price increases were prohibited, some foreign manufacturers of expensive drugs ceased marketing them in Voronia.

重點per capita expenditure for prescription drugs continued to increase by a substantial percentage each year

B)---雖然人口上升卻無法推論到per capita expenditure 也隨之上升---殺
A)---concentrated on producing new medications to replace existing products也許可以推論出per capita expenditure 也隨之上升（這題真的是有點牽強的答案,不過基於是選擇最好的答案,大家就不要鑽牛角尖了）