难易程度:★★★
题目题材:传媒
gre argument 220题目:
The following appeared in an article in a magazine for writers.
"A recent study(1) showed that in describing a typical day's conversation, people make an average of 23 references to watching television and only 1 reference to reading fiction(4). This result suggests that, compared with the television industry, the publishing and bookselling(4) industries are likely to decline in profitability(2,3,5). Therefore, people who wish to have careers as writers should acquire training and experience in writing for television rather than for print media(6)."
提纲:
(1)Without further description of the procedure of the study, the result could lend little support to the argument.
(2)The number of references to the two activities could hardly indicate the profitability of the two industries.
(3)The author ignores many differences between television and print media.
(4)The fact that people seldom refer to reading fiction does not imply that the entire publishing and bookselling industries will decline in profitability.
(5)Granted that the television industry is more profitable than the book-publishing industry, the assumption that television writers enjoy more secure and lucrative careers than book writers is unwarranted.
(6)People who wish to have careers as writers could write for media besides television and print media.
注:题目中括号里的数字表明这句话体现的是提纲中第几号缺陷。

