难易程度：★★
题目题材：教育
gre argument 231题目：
The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"The members of the town school board should not be reelected(9) because they are not concerned about promoting high-quality education in the arts in our local schools. For example, student participation in the high school drama club(4) has been declining steadily(1), and this year the school board refused to renew the contract of the drama director(3), even though he had received many awards for his original plays(2). Meanwhile, over $300,000(5,6) of the high school budget goes to athletic programs(7), and the head football coach is now the highest-paid member of the teaching staff(8)."
提纲：
(1)The decline in the students who participated in the drama club might be explained by other factors, but not the ineffectiveness of the school board.
(2)The fact that the drama director received many awards for his original plays does not prove that he is also competent as a drama director.
(3)There may be some special reasons for the school board to discontinue the contract of the drama director, this piece of evidence does not indicate that the school board are not concerned about education in the arts.
(4)The author fails to inform us the situation of other arts programs, thus we could not evaluate if the school board are not concerned about arts education.
(5)The author does not indicate the total amount of the school budget, thus we cannot evaluate the significance of the $300,000.
(6)The author fails to demonstrate that the allocation of over $300,000 to athletic programs is unreasonable.
(7)The author fails to inform us how much school budget was allocated to arts programs.
(8)The fact that the head football coach is the highest-paid member of the teaching staff could tell nothing about the author’s conclusion.
(9)The author fails to consider other achievements of the school board, thus we cannot evaluate if we should not reelect the board merely because they are not concerned about education in the arts.
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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