难易程度:★★★
题目题材:工业生产,政治经济
gre argument 215题目:
The following appeared in a letter to the Grandview City Council from a local business leader.
"During last year's severe drought, when the water supply in the Grandview city reservoir fell to an extremely low level, the city council imposed much more rigid water-rationing rules(1). But just after these rules were imposed, industrial growth(4) in the area declined(2). This clearly shows that the new rationing rules have hurt industry in Grandview. Therefore, to promote the health of the local economy(5), the city council should now stop water rationing(3,6,7)."
提纲:
(1)The author fails to inform us the detailed content of the rules, thus we could not evaluate if local industry is subject to the rules.
(2)The author unfairly assumes that it is the new rationing rules that contributed to the decline in industrial growth.
(3)The author ignores the necessity of water rationing and fails to consider the negative effects of stopping the rationing.
(4)The declined industrial growth does not indicate that the entire industry has declined.
(5)The author simply equates declined industrial growth with unhealthy local economy.
(6)Merely canceling the rules may not suffice to promote the health of the local economy.
(7)The author ignores many other methods that could promote the health of the local economy.
注:题目中括号里的数字表明这句话体现的是提纲中第几号缺陷。
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