Barnes: The two newest employees at this company have salaries that are too high for the simple tasks normally assigned to new employees and duties that are too complex for inexperienced workers.Hence, the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.

　　Which one of the following is an assumptionon which Barnes’s argument depends?

　　A. The duties of the two newest employees are not less complex than any others in the company.

　　B. It’s because of the complex duties assigned that the two newest employees are being paid more than is usually paid to newly hired employees.

　　C. The two newest employees are not experienced at their occupations.

　　D. Barnes was not hired at a higher-than-average starting salary.

　　E. The salaries of the two newest are no higher than the salaries that other companies pay for workers with a similar level of experience.

　　答案

　　答案是C。解释:

　　A: 不是假设

　　B: 这似乎在为两个新雇员拿高工资找理由，所以不能支持结论。

　　C: 正确。因为原文中说对于不熟练的员工来说，工资太高了; 并且要降低工作的复杂程度。如果员工胜任的话，why bother? 所以，重要假设就是这些员工在岗位上不胜任。

　　D: 这个选项太离题了，而且似乎有贬低Barnes人格之嫌。

　　E: 这个起到了削弱结论的作用，所以不是assumption。

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