劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 170

Day 170 The surface of a section of Route 101, paved just two years ago by Good Intentions Roadways, is now badly cracked with a number of dangerous potholes

The following appeared in a memo from the vice president of a company that builds shopping malls around the country.

“The surface of a section of Route 101, paved just two years ago by Good Intentions Roadways, is now badly cracked with a number of dangerous potholes. In another part of the state, a section of Route 40, paved by Appian Roadways more than four years ago, is still in good condition. In a demonstration of their continuing commitment to quality, Appian Roadways recently purchased state-of-the-art paving machinery and hired a new quality-control manager. Therefore, I recommend hiring Appian Roadways to construct the access roads for all our new shopping malls. I predict that our Appian access roads will not have to be repaired for at least four years.”

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

五問：

（1）“Therefore, I recommend hiring Appian Roadways to construct the access roads for all our new shopping malls”是結(jié)論，其余部分是事實(shí)，值得反駁嗎？

（2）文中是否給出足夠信息來證明 101號(hào)公路和40號(hào)公路的情況是一樣的？如果事實(shí)是 101號(hào)公路特別繁忙、車輛很多而 40號(hào)公路車流量相對(duì)較小，將對(duì)原文結(jié)論產(chǎn)生什么影響？ 101號(hào)公路損壞得比較快一定是由于 Good Intentions Roadways 公司的施工質(zhì)量不好嗎？

（3）文中提及了 Appian Roadways 公司購買了最好的鋪路機(jī)械，雇傭了一名新的質(zhì)量監(jiān)控經(jīng)理，那么是否提及 Good Intentions Roadways公司有類似的舉措？提到質(zhì)量，除了 Appian Roadways公司的上述舉措外，你能想出其他的措施嗎？例如：使用最好的物料，選派最好的施工人員等。

（4）文中的結(jié)論是要把 shopping malls的 access roads 交給 Appian Roadways來建設(shè)，而原文中給的論據(jù)是關(guān)于普通公路的，兩個(gè)對(duì)象不一致是否會(huì)影響結(jié)論？

（5）是否可能還有其他公司可供選擇？這個(gè)決定是否非此即彼？工程是否可能以某種方式外包給兩家公司共同承建？