难易程度:★★★★
题目题材:教育,城市,社会
gre argument 214题目:
In each city in the region of Treehaven, the majority of the money spent on government-run public school education comes from taxes that each city government collects. The region's cities differ, however, in the value they place on public education. For example, Parson City typically budgets(1,2) twice as much money per year as Blue City does for its public schools—even though both cities have about the same number of residents(3,4). It seems clear, therefore, that Parson City residents care(5) more about public school education than do Blue City residents.
提纲:
(1)The city’s budget for its public schools is not an accurate indication of the value it places on public education.
(2)The author fails to inform us what fraction of the total budget are used for public schools in each city, thus we cannot evaluate which city cares more about public school education.
(3)Many other differences between Parson City and Blue City may also contribute to the differences in the amount of money they budget for their public schools.
(4)We do not know the amount of students who go to public schools in the two cities, thus we could not evaluate the argument.
(5)The amount of city budgets for public schools may not represent residents’ attitude towards public school education.
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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