tailieunhanh - kaplan GMAT 800 Frist part 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'kaplan gmat 800 frist part 6', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Generated by Foxit PDF Creator Foxit Software http For evaluation only. This strengthen the argument question requires that we first understand how the author explains the seeming contradiction in paragraph 3. He argues that Americans respond to direct marketing because of its conveniences even though Americans don t like the annoyance or the invasion of privacy. This evidence assumes that Americans are willing to maintain certain shopping habits despite the drawbacks associated with them. Choice C bolsters this assumption and therefore strengthens the argument. If consumers don t perceive a connection between their shopping behaviors and infringements on their rights they are more likely to react as the author says they do to continue shopping by mail despite its disadvantages. A B These choices focus on one portion of the author s argument but do not help strengthen it as a whole. The fact that awareness of infringement is high choice A would strengthen only one part of the author s claim that people don t like direct mail. It doesn t bolster the full argument that direct mail marketing is successful despite these infringements due to the fact that Americans like to shop by mail. Similarly with B the increased number of people on multiple mailing lists does not necessarily strengthen the argument that people use direct mail despite its drawbacks because they like its conveniences. These individuals may be on multiple lists simply because their names were sold to direct mail companies. D This choice can be seen as contradicting the author s explanation of why direct mail marketing is successful. D states that direct marketing may eventually benefit consumers its success will filter down to consumers over time. But the author tells us that people respond to direct mail marketing because they like its advantages in other words they benefit from it now as they are using it. That s why they put up with its annoyance and invasion of privacy. If D