[已解决] OG 阅读题，是题目选项给错了么？

七号橙子UID: 3147049

OG最后那套题里Section4的第7题：

Sparva, unlike Treland’s other provinces, requires automobile insurers to pay for any
medical treatment sought by someone who has been involved in an accident; in the
other provinces, insurers pay for nonemergency treatment only if they preapprove the
treatment. Clearly, Sparva’s less restrictive policy must be the explanation for the fact
that altogether insurers there pay for far more treatments after accidents than insurers
in other provinces, even though Sparva does not have the largest population.

Description
The passage tells us that in Sparva automobile insurers pay for far more medical treat-
ments after accidents than they do in Treland’s other provinces. The passage concludes
that the explanation is to be found in the difference in legal requirements for insurers
in Sparva as compared to other provinces.

7. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

 A Car insurance costs more in Sparva than in any other province.
 B The cost of medical care in Sparva is higher than the national average.
 C Different insurance companies have different standards for determining
what constitutes emergency treatment.
 D Fewer insurance companies operate in Sparva than in any other province.
 E There are fewer traffic accidents annually in Sparva than in any of the
provinces of comparable or greater population.

Explanation
The question asks you to identify among the answer choices a fact that would support
the passage’s argument. The explanation offered in the passage can be supported by rul-
ing out other explanations that might, given the information presented in the passage,
appear likely. One obvious explanation for there being more medical treatments in
Sparva is that there are more accidents there. Choice E rules out that explanation. So
Choice E strengthens the argument in the passage and is the correct answer. Choices A
and D each present consequences that are likely results of insurers in Sparva having to
pay for more medical treatments. But neither bears on the cause of insurers having to
pay for more treatments. Choice B does not strengthen the argument and may weaken
it. A higher cost of medical care provides additional motivation for people to seek insur-
ance payments to cover whatever post-accident care they receive. So Choice B might
weaken the argument by providing an alternative explanation for insurers paying for
more medical treatments in Sparva. According to the passage, whether treatment is
emergency treatment is, in other provinces, an important criterion in determining insur-
ers’ responsibility. But since this criterion does not apply in Sparva, Choice C is not
directly relevant to the point that the passage is trying to establish.




答案选E，但是根据解释（橙色高亮部分），E应该写成There are more traffic accidents annually in
Sparva than in any of theprovinces of comparable or greater population.才对呀

大家怎么看？

苏梳眠UID: 2717864

原文中要求为S地区为什么多征收医疗费给解释，其中有事故率高和政策不同的两种解释。如果排除事故率高这一解释，那么就可以加强政策不同的这种解释。
E选项排除了其它选项，及点出了事故率不高，同时从侧面加强了上面的结论。
你的标记色上的那句话点出了为什么这么做，解释很明白。

Failson-AK47UID: 153561

我的理解是：
题目的意思是最能强化文章观点的句子，如果在交通事故少的情况下，总治疗费用还高于其它州，那更加强调了文章的观点，即最后一句话。

七号橙子UID: 3147049

谢LS两位~ 之前没有仔细考虑“rule out” 的意思。。。