GMAT機(jī)經(jīng)：2017年8月作文（至8.31）（十四）.

　　2010.8.21——8.31 GMAT作文機(jī)經(jīng) AA篇

　　AA13 The following appeared as part of a plan proposed by an executive of the Easy Credit Company to the president.

　　“The Easy Credit Company would gain an advantage over competing credit card services if we were to donate a portion of the proceeds from the use of our cards to a well-known environmental organization in exchange for the use of its symbol or logo on our card. Since a recent poll shows that a large percentage of the public is concerned about environmental issues, this policy would attract new customers, increase use among existing customers, and enable us to charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.

　　提綱：

　　1.環(huán)保組織所提供的標(biāo)識(shí)所關(guān)心的方面和民眾所關(guān)心的方面可能不一致

　　2.關(guān)心環(huán)保問(wèn)題不意味著他們就一定會(huì)采取一些具體的措施象是在這個(gè)例子里面購(gòu)買這個(gè)公司的產(chǎn)品

　　The author assumes that the public&aposs concern about environmental issues will result in its taking steps to do something about the problem-in this case, to use the Easy Credit Company credit card.

　　3.權(quán)衡了額外付出的成本和收益之后并不一定值得這么做.

　　1.首先，關(guān)心環(huán)境的人，不一定是使用信用卡的。第二，關(guān)心環(huán)境問(wèn)題的人，關(guān)心的issues不一定與該組織的相同。

　　2.因果關(guān)系不明確：不一定人們關(guān)心環(huán)保就一定用使用信用卡的方式來(lái)表達(dá)。因?yàn)镸ore often，人們可能采取更加直接的方式，比如直接donate money to the environmental organization.

　　3.另外，利潤(rùn)率關(guān)系到收入和支出，很可能兩個(gè)比較收入小于支出。

　　AA14 The following appeared as part of a newspaper editorial.

　　“Two years ago Nova High School began to use interactive computer instruction in three academic subjects. The school dropout rate declined immediately, and last year’s graduates have reported some impressive achievements in college. In future budgets the school board should use a greater portion of the available funds to buy more computers, and all schools in the district should adopt interactive computer instruction throughout the curriculum.

　　提綱：

　　1. 沒有排除他因。很可能是學(xué)校出臺(tái)的policy要求老師上課認(rèn)真，學(xué)生更加勤奮導(dǎo)致的。同時(shí)發(fā)生不能說(shuō)明因果。stricter discipline applied last year.

　　2. 還有其他的比如加入新課引起學(xué)生的興趣等等。counseling and training programs

　　3. 錯(cuò)誤類比，其他的學(xué)校情況跟這個(gè)不一定相同。比如很可能是藝術(shù)類等文科院校，而這個(gè)是科學(xué)類的，所以不同。

　　4. 過(guò)去推將來(lái)，不對(duì)。很可能短暫的interest之后學(xué)生會(huì)失去興趣?；蛘邉e的什么情況發(fā)生了變化。

　　OverSimplification--the decline in the school dropout rate and the use of interactive computer instruction do not necessarily imply causality

　　All Thing Equal--just because the computers worked in one subject does not mean that they will work in all subjects, so they might not want to implement it "throughout the curriculum"

　　InsufficientSample--the evidence the author provides is insufficient to support the conclusion drawn from it. The fact that some graduates reported some impressive achievements in college does not necessarily allow us to establish the general conclusion that the computer instruction is helping students to achieve success.

　　Unless it can be shown that the school does not usually produce graduates who report impressive achievments, and it can also be shown that the computer instruction influenced the students to make those achievements the conclusion drawn is unwarranted.

　　A. First of all, this argument commits a fallacy of post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

　　B. Second, the conclusion is based on the gratuitous assumption that Nova High School’s “success” in using interactive computer instruction in only three subjects would ensure a similar sweeping success in adopting computer instruction throughout the curriculum of all schools in the district.