GMAT OG2021最新真题解析

　　GMAT OG2021最新真题解析

　　题号：CR803（boldface黑体字）

A product that represents a clear technological advance over competing products can generally command a high price. Because technological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to make large profits while they still can, many companies charge the greatest price the market will bear when they have such a product. But large profits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quickly match the new product's capabilities. Consequently, the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge less than the greatest possible price.

　　解析

　　这是一道黑体字的题型，GMAT逻辑题中boldface题目主要考察的是黑体字本身的功能性、黑体字之间的关系，以及黑体字与文章间的关系。第一个黑体字跟在because之后，表示的是reason／原因。第二个黑体字中“will”说明该句是一种推断，同时后一句是“consequently”开头，因此该黑体字的功能性还是一个reason／原因。黑体字1和黑体字2之间用but连接，说明两句话意思相反。

　　In the argument above, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

　　A.The first is an assumption that forms the basis for a course of action that the argument criticizes; the second presents the course of action endorsed by the argument.

　　黑体字2的内容是“新产品的巨额利润会给竞争对手巨大的动力，让他们迅速匹配新产品的性能”，该句话作为一个理由去支撑了最后一句话（最后一句的开头是consequently），因此它并不是“the course of action”，该选项内容排除。

　　B. The first is a consideration raised to explain the appeal of a certain strategy; the second is a consideration raised to call into question the wisdom of adopting that strategy.

　　黑体字1解释了为什么许多公司在拥有高技术产品时会定高价（科技产品会很快被超越，公司希望他们在可以的时候尽量将收益最大化）。第二个黑体部分给出了不采用这种策略的理由（新产品的巨额利润会给竞争对手巨大的动力，让他们迅速匹配新产品的性能，因此该策略反而会减少公司的利润）。因此，该选项为正确答案。

　　C. The first is an assumption that has been used to justify a certain strategy; the second is a consideration that is used to cast doubt on that assumption.

　　黑体字2并没有对策略的假设产生怀疑，而是对策略本身产生了怀疑。因此，该选项排除。

　　D. The first is a consideration raised in support of a strategy the argument endorses; the second presents grounds in support of that consideration.

　　黑体字1所支持的政策是文章所反对的（注意倒数第二句的but），黑体字2也是提出理由去反对黑1支持的政策，因此该选项排除。

　　E.The first is a consideration raised to show that adopting a certain strategy is unlikely to achieve the intended effect; the second is presented to explain the appeal of that strategy.

　　黑体字1和黑体字2是存在相反关系的（注意倒数第二句中的but），因此该选项排除。

　　答案  B