Shirla: In figure skating competitions that allow amateur and professional skaters to compete agains...

题目信息

Shirla: In figure skating competitions that allow amateur and professional skaters to compete against each other, the professionals are bound to have an unfair advantage. After all, most of them became professional only after success on the amateur circuit.

Ron: But that means that it's been a long time since they've had to meet the more rigorous technical standards of the amateur circuit.

Which of the following is most likely a point at issue between Shirla and Ron?

A:Whether there should be figure skating competitions that allow amateur and professional skaters to compete against each other

B:Whether the scores of professional skaters competing against amateurs should be subject to adjustment to reflect the special advantages of professionals

C:Whether figure skaters can successfully become professional before success on the amateur circuit

D:Whether the technical standards for professional figure skating competition are higher than those for amateur figure skating competition

E:Whether professional figure skaters have an unfair advantage over amateur figure skaters in competitions in which they compete against each other

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正确答案： E:Whether professional figure skaters have an unfair advantage over amateur figure skaters in competitions in which they compete against each other

答案E

题目大意：希拉：在花样滑冰比赛中，业余选手和专业选手可以互相竞争，专业选手必然会有不公平的优势。毕竟，他们中的大多数人只有在业余巡回赛上获得成功后才成为职业选手。

罗恩：但这意味着他们已经很久没有达到业余巡回赛更严格的技术标准了。

以下哪一项最有可能是希拉和罗恩之间的争论点？

逻辑链：要回答这个问题，我们必须找出希拉和罗恩不同意的一点。希拉认为，由于职业花样滑冰选手与业余滑冰选手竞争，已经在业余赛道上取得了成功，因此专业选手将比业余选手拥有不公平的优势。另一方面，罗恩指出，这意味着专业人士已经很久没有达到业余巡回赛更严格的技术标准了。这表明，罗恩正在反驳希拉认为职业花样滑冰运动员将拥有不公平优势的理由。然而，尚不清楚罗恩是在暗示业余选手现在有优势，还是说专业选手和业余选手将在一个相对平等的水平上。很明显，罗恩不同意希拉关于专业人士拥有不公平优势的说法。

选项分析：

A. 希拉认为专业人士会有不公平的优势。因此似乎有理由得出结论，她将反对花样滑冰比赛，允许业余和专业滑冰运动员相互竞争。不过，她没有具体说明这一点，因此我们无法确定。也就是说，罗恩对这类比赛的看法更不清楚。请注意目前尚不清楚罗恩对哪一个团体实际拥有优势的立场，如果有的话。

B. 目前尚不清楚希拉是否会说，职业滑冰选手与业余滑冰选手的比赛分数必须调整，以反映专业选手的优势。毕竟，希拉可能会争辩说根本不应该有这样的竞争。另一方面，罗恩完全不同意专业人士拥有不公平优势的说法。

C. 希拉相信，职业花样滑冰运动员在成为职业选手之前，最初会在业余赛道上进行比赛。没有迹象表明罗恩不同意这一点。

D. 罗恩认为，职业花样滑冰比赛的技术标准比业余花样滑冰比赛低，而不是高。没有迹象表明希拉不同意这一点。

E. 正确。希拉认为职业花样滑冰运动员在与业余花样滑冰运动员的比赛中会有不公平的优势；罗恩不同意这种观点。

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