pretest 13; 4/9

lily88888UID: 2828533

Oscar: Emerging information technologies will soon make speed of information processing the single most important facotr in the creation of individual, corporate, and national wealth. COnsequently, the division of the world into northern countries-in general rich- and southern countries-in general poor-will soon be obsolete. Instead, there simply will be fast countries and slow countries, and thus a country's economic well-being will not be a function of its geographical position but just a matter of its relative success in incorporating those new technologies.

The reasoning that Oscar uses in supporting his prediction is vulnerable to criticism on the ground that it

A. Overlooks the possibility that the ability of countries to acquire new technologies at some time in the future will depend on factors other than those countries' present economic status.

B. fails to establish that the division of the world into rich countries and poor countries is the single most important problem that will confront the world economy in the future.

C. ignores the possibility that, in determining a country's future wealth, the country's incorporation of information-processing technologies might be outweighed by a combination of other factors.

duijinxiaoziUID: 2585955

“single most important facotr”  是说很多factor之一，影响。
“just a matter of its relative success” 是说只有这一个factor，影响。
矛盾。
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C 比较
这一个factor  和  很多factor （a combination of other factors）