Travel agents are market intermediaries who make their living by gathering, organizing, and dispensi...

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Travel agents are market intermediaries who make their living by gathering, organizing, and dispensing information about travel-related services that is not readily available to most consumers. Through new information technologies, such as the internet, much of this information can now be made directly available to consumers. Demand for the services of travel agents will be drastically reduced.

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

A:Travel agents routinely use the internet and other new information technologies as sources for the information they obtain for their customers.

B:The amount of information available through the internet and other new information technologies is increasing faster than the capabilities of most consumers to process it

C:Many people use travel-related services, such as airlines and hotels without consulting a travel agent .

D:The people who currently use the services of travel agents are also those most likely to gain access to new information technologies

E:The Internet and other new information technologies are currently used by a relatively small proportion of the population

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正确答案： B:The amount of information available through the internet and other new information technologies is increasing faster than the capabilities of most consumers to process it

旅行社提供相关顾客不易获得的旅行信息，但现在信息技术方便，比如互联网，大家可以直接自己获得信息，对于旅行社的需求就会大大减少。

以下哪点能削弱观点？

A.旅行社经常用互联网和其他技术获得信息，增强观点，错误

B.互联网和其他技术的信息速度增长，客户很难处理信息，正确，客户很难处理信息，所以他们还是会依赖旅行社的帮助

C.很多人定机票旅馆，不需要旅行社的帮助，增强观点，错误

D.使用旅行社服务的人同样会使用新的信息技术，无关属性

E.比较少的人在用互联网和别的信息技术，就算小部分的人使用，信息的普及导致使用互联网的人依然会减少，不能削弱观点

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