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题目题材:商业,生产
gre argument 111题目:
The following appeared in a memo from the vice president of marketing at Dura-Sock, Inc.
"A recent study of Dura-Sock wearers suggests that our company is wasting the money it spends on its patented "Endure" manufacturing process(1), which ensures that our socks are strong enough to last for two years. Dura-Sock has always advertised its use of the "Endure" process, but the new study shows that the average Dura-Sock customer actually purchases new Dura-Socks every three months. Furthermore, Dura-Sock customers surveyed in our largest market, northeastern United States cities(2), say that they most value Dura-Sock's stylish appearance and availability in many colors(3). These findings suggest that Dura-Sock can increase its profits(4,6) by discontinuing its use of the "Endure" manufacturing process(5)."
提纲:
(1)The vice president fails to rule out the possibility that the customers purchases new Dura-Socks frequently just because they favor the “ Endure” process.
(2)The customers surveyed in northeastern United States cities may not be representative of all our customers.
(3)The study cited by the vice president does not imply that our customers no longer care about the durability of socks.
(4)The vice president fails to inform us the cost of using “Endure” process, thus we cannot evaluate the president’s conclusion.
(5)The vice president fails to consider the negative effect of discontinuing the use of the process.
(6)The vice president fails to consider and analyze other factors that would influence our profits.
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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