2.In the United States, average fuel efficiency of
newly manufactured domestic cars, although
remaining worse than that of newly manufactured
imported cars, substantially improved between 1983
and 1988. Average fuel efficiency of new domestic
cars has not improved since, but the difference in
average fuel efficiencies of new domestic cars and
new imported cars has steadily decreased.
If the statements above are true, which of the
following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) Average fuel efficiency of domestic cars manu-
factured after 1988 was better than that of
imported cars manufactured before 1988.
(B) Average fuel efficiency of newly manufactured
domestic cars has steadily worsened since 1988.
(C) Average fuel efficiency of newly manufactured
imported cars has steadily worsened since 1988.
(D) Average fuel efficiency of newly manufactured
imported cars has steadily improved since 1983.
(E) Average fuel efficiency of imported cars manu-
factured in 1983 was better than that of
imported cars manufactured in 1988.
答案C。我选了E。我不知道"Average fuel efficiency of new domestic
cars has not improved since"中的since指的是从哪年开始?1983or1988?
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4.Many people acquire software programs for their
home computers by illegally copying those programs
rather than purchasing them. People who own home
computers must be making, on average, fewer illegal
copies of software programs than before, however,
since the average number of software programs that
people purchase to use on their home computers has
increased substantially over the past five years.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the
argument?
(A) The number of home computers in use has
increased substantially over the past five years. (B) Five years ago, about half of the software pro-
grams used on home computers had been
illegally copied rather than purchased. (C) Most people who have home computers use
their computers more frequently the longer
they have them. (D) Few people who prefer to copy computer
software programs illegally cannot copy the
software programs they want because they
have no acquaintances who have those
software programs. (E) On average, people with home computers have
the same number of software programs today as
people with home computers did five years ago.
答案E,我选了A。人均正版软件的购买量增加,家用电脑数增加,正版软件的总使用量不也增加了吗?相乘关系,我是这么理解A的。不太理解E为什么正确