GMAT真题:2010年8月作文（至8.26）（五）

　　8.22 AA(一)

　　1. stan_yu 760; tatashishi; AppleStrudel 3次

　　The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store.

　　“Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments.” (pool第72题)

　　提纲：

　　1. A period of three month is too short to draw a general conclusion of the overall trend.

　　2. The past three months' trend does not guarantee the same in the future.

　　3. Whether the reports from the local clothing stores and stores that sell products for the home are reliable or not are still open to doubt, thus making the author's suggestion groundless.

　　--from 5月JJ

　　2. mollymolly 730;ponyoveronica; girlwithwings 3次

　　The following is taken from an editorial in a local newspaper.

　　“Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.” (pool第92题)

　　提纲：

　　1. 小范围推大范围。

　　2. 忽略他因，是否只有一种因素导致价格上升——不适合生长。。。还有，比如环境保护，加工价格上升，人力成本上升，或者单纯的物价上涨。。。monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions

　　1. 柠檬缺乏代表性，或者说，柠檬有其特殊性，譬如柠檬都是进口的，比较贵;

　　2. 天气好不一定代表物价要低，因为种植柑橘的农民已经动用了可用的资源了，产量无法再多了;

　　3. 是否物价高就是农民肆意抬高的缘故，可能是dealers在其中的作用;

　　4. 政府是否要介入，虽然价格变贵了，但是targeted customers没有变化，对整个国民经济影响不大

　　--from 5月JJ

（责任编辑：申月月）