OG(VR) Q18

[SAMMY0728]

Unlike the wholesale price of raw wool,the wholesale price of raw cotton has fallen considerably in the last year. Thus
,although the price of cotton clothing at retail clothing stores has not yet fallenit will inevitably fall.
Which of the following,if true,most seriously weakens the argument above?

(A)The cost of processing raw cotton for cloth has increased during the last year.
(E)The cost of harvesting raw cotton has increased in the last year.
答案是(A)
可是(E)為什麼不行呢??
(E)的解釋;
harvesting costs are part of the assumed increased price of raw cotton and do not affect current retail prices.
為什麼不會影響現在的零售價格呢???

[維尼]

Hi Sammy,

請把 完整的題目 貼出來唷 :)

[vantreal]

18. Unlike the wholesale price of raw wool, the wholesale price of raw cotton has fallen considerably in the last year. Thus, although the retail price of cotton clothing at retail clothing stores has not yet fallen, it will inevitably fall．

Which of the following，if true，most seriously weakens the argument above?

(A) The cost of processing raw cotton for cloth has increased during the last year.
(B) The wholesale price of raw wool is typically higher than that of the same volume of raw cotton．
(C) The operating costs of the average retail clothing store have remained constant during the last year.
(D) Changes in retail prices always lag behind changes in wholesale prices．
(E) The cost of harvesting raw cotton has increased in the last year

徘徊在(A), (E) 之間......
有哪位大大可以好心的講解一下wholesale price/retail price/cost of processing goods/cost of harvesting goods 彼此間的關係嗎?

[noiseboy]

嗯.....我也選了E
但是A與E都有提到cost，但是後來仔細看到A選項有明確指出"for cloth"
以致於A比E更來得充分了。
請多多指教

[dibert8]

重點在 wholesale 到 retail 之間發生的變化.
收割的成本發生在拿去批發販售之前,題目已說明批發價下滑,在拿去賣以前的事就不在考慮之內了.

[lovekyoko]

我想請問C的選項

(C) The operating costs of the average retail clothing store have remained constant during the last year

這是說平均零售商店的營運成本依舊維持不變在去年 這樣說應該沒錯吧@@

我看不懂解答上的說法
One step between wholesale and retail prices is the operating cost of the retail store．If that operating cost has been constant rather than rising，it is possible that the retail prices could follow the lower wholesale prices．Thus the argument is not weakene

有好心人可以解釋一下嗎?? 尤其是One step 要怎樣翻譯比較洽當阿

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

我想請問C的選項

(C) The operating costs of the average retail clothing store have remained constant during the last year

這是說平均零售商店的營運成本依舊維持不變在去年 這樣說應該沒錯吧@@

我看不懂解答上的說法
One step between wholesale and retail prices is the operating cost of the retail store．If that operating cost has been constant rather than rising，it is possible that the retail prices could follow the lower wholesale prices．Thus the argument is not weakene

這是說批發與零售只差一個門檻,就是零售店的營運成本............

有好心人可以解釋一下嗎?? 尤其是One step 要怎樣翻譯比較洽當阿