北美大讲堂 | 2022GMAT OG新题讲解（105）

新航道南京留学详解：

Editorial: Our city’s public transportation agency is facing a budget shortfall. The fastest growing part of the budget has been employee retirement benefits, which are exceptionally generous. Unless the budget shortfall is resolved, transportation service will be cut, and many transportation employees will lose their jobs. Thus, it would be in the employees’ best interest for their union to accept cuts in retirement benefits.

社论：我们城市的的公共交通系统现在正面临着预算不足。预算中增长最 快的部分就是雇员的退休金，这部分的预算异常多。除非预算不足能够被解决，否则交通服务将被缩减，很多交通部门的雇员将失去工作。因此，对工会来说，接受削减退休福利最 符合雇员的利益。

Which of the following is an assumption the editorial’s argument requires?

解析：这是一道assumption类的题目，这些考题需要我们去找出上述论断的前提条件。上述逻辑链是退休金在预算中增长速度快，退休金不足会精减交通部门，部分员工会因此失去工作，因此缩减退休金是最 符合雇员利益的行为。

A. The transportation employees’ union should not accept cuts in retirement benefits if doing so would not be in the employees’ best interest.

文中讨论的重点是缩减退休金是否最 符合雇员的利益，我们并不需要知道工会是否会接受这项行为，因此该选项属于无关信息，可以排除。

B. The only feasible way for the agency to resolve the budget shortfall would involve cutting transportation service and eliminating jobs.

对该机构来说，解决预算不足的唯 一可行方法就是削减运输服务和裁员，该选项内容直接是与上述推断内容相违背，因此排除该选项。

C. Other things being equal, it is in the transportation employees’ interest to have exceptionally generous retirement benefits.

在其它条件一致的情况下，有充足的退休福利是符合员工利益的，这项内容跟文中的argument无关，可以直接排除。

D. Cutting the retirement benefits would help resolve the agency’s budget shortfall. 缩减退休金能够帮助解决该机构的预算不足，该内容符合上述论断的内容；该选项取非后削弱了上述argument，因此该选项为正确答案。

E. The transportation employees’ union will not accept cuts in retirement benefits if doing so will not allow more transportation employees to keep their jobs. 我们并不需要知道工会是否会接受这项行为，因此该选项属于无关信息，可以排除。