GMAT机经：2017年8月作文（至8.31）（十三）.

　　2010.8.21——8.31 GMAT作文机经 AA篇

　　AA9 The following appeared in a letter from a part-owner of a small retail clothing chain to her business partner:

　　“Commercial real estate prices have been rising steadily in the Sandida Heights neighborhood for several years, while the prices in the adjacent neighborhood of Palm Grove have remained the same. It seems obvious, then, that a retail space in Sandida Heights must now be much more expensive than a similar space in Palm Grove, which was not the case several years ago. So, it appears that retail spaces in Sandida Heights are now overpriced relative to those in Palm Grove. Therore, it would be in our financial interest to purchase a retail space in Palm Grove rather than in Sandida Heights.”

　　AA10 The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company.

　　“When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it is today. Therore, the Apogee Company should close down its field offices and conduct all its operations from a single location. Such centralization would improve profitability by cutting costs and helping the company maintain better supervision of all employees.”

　　AA11 The following appeared in a memorandum to a team developing accounting software for SmartPro Software, Inc.:

　　“Currently, more professional accountants use SmartPro accounting software than any other brand. However, in the market for personal accounting software for non-professionals to use in preparing their income tax returns, many of our competitors are outselling us. In surveys, our professional customers repeatedly say that they have chosen SmartPro Software because our most sophisticated software products include more advanced special features than competing brands. Therore, the most fective way for us to increase sales of our personal accounting software for home users would clearly be to add the advanced special features that our professional software products currently offer.

　　AA12 The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods.

　　“Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more ficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1970 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.”

　　提纲：

　　1. false analogy: The food industry is not analogous to the color film industry.

　　2. causal oversimplification: Other factors that may contribute t to the cost decline of the printing cost should be considered and ruled out.

　　3. gratuitous assumption: The conclusion of the argument is based on a gratuitous assumption that the company can minimize cost and maximize profit because the company has been conducted for 25 years.

　　1. 错误类比：color film processing和processing of food不相同。problems of spoilage, contamination, and timely transportation都只影响food 不影响film.

　　2. 同时，忽略他因。是否是因为组织更有效率才使COST下降的?很可能是material necessary for the process下降了价钱。所以，两者更不同。

　　gratuitous assumption：二十五年不代表学到了很多。很可能什么都没学到，或者技术已经out of date.