During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company's total payouts on car-theft claims were larger tha...

题目信息

During the past year, Pro-Tect Insurance Company's total payouts on car-theft claims were larger than the company can afford to sustain. Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries, so cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way. Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount to holders of car-theft policies whose cars have antitheft devices. Many policyholders will respond to the discount by installing antitheft devices, since the amount of the discount will within two years typically more than cover the cost of installation. Thus, because cars with antitheft devices are rarely stolen, Pro-Tect's plan is likely to reduce its annual payouts.

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

A:The first rules out a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second presents the strategy that was adopted instead and whose effectiveness the argument assesses.

B:The first is a judgment made in support of a certain conclusion; the second is that conclusion.

C:The first has been used as a consideration to support adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second reports a decision to adopt an alternative strategy.

D:The first provides evidence in favor of adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second reports a decision to pursue an alternative goal.

E:The first is a consideration offered against adopting a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second is the main conclusion that the argument is seeking to establish.

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正确答案： A:The first rules out a certain strategy for achieving a goal; the second presents the strategy that was adopted instead and whose effectiveness the argument assesses.

去年，PT保险公司在偷车上的索赔非常大。PT不能减少偷车政策数，所以不能保护自身免受继续索赔。因此，PT决定对装了防盗装置的客户提供折扣。由于两年的折扣比安装防盗成本高，很多客户都会装。因此，因为装防盗的车很少被偷，PT的计划可能减少年度索赔额。

黑体题无转折词，两黑体是支持关系，第一黑体是根据情况提出的反应，第二黑体是推出的结论

(A) 第一第二黑体都是证据；排

(B) 第一黑体对一个问题提出了反应，推论对反应进行评估，问题是索赔大，反应是如何减少索赔；第二黑体是评估做出的判断，即防盗装置的引入可减少索赔，正确

(D) 第一黑体是文章推论寻求解释的发展；排

(E) 第一黑体是发展，排

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