刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 116

Day 116 Recently, we signed a contract with the Fly-Away Pest Control Company to provide pest control services at our warehouse in Palm City

The following appeared in a memo from the vice president of a food distribution company with food storage warehouses in several cities.

“Recently, we signed a contract with the Fly-Away Pest Control Company to provide pest control services at our warehouse in Palm City, but last month we discovered that over $20,000 worth of food there had been destroyed by pest damage. Meanwhile, the Buzzoff Pest Control Company, which we have used for many years in Palm City, continued to service our warehouse in Wintervale, and last month only $10,000 worth of the food stored there had been destroyed by pest damage. This difference in pest damage is best explained by the negligence of Fly-Away.”

Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.

【本题与Day 78、Day 114相似，不同之处：（1）最后一句“ This difference in pest damage is best explained by the negligence of Fly-Away”是结论。（2）文中给出充足证据来证明这种差异一定是由 Fly-Away公司的失职导致的吗？是否可能是其他原因？例如， Fly-Away公司负责的货物本身容易招致虫害，而 Buzzoff Pest Control Company负责的货物不容易招致虫害。（3）在没与Fly-Away签约之前仓库的损失如何呢？签约之后的损失比之前更严重还是减轻了呢？（4）本题不用反驳 Day 78的第（4）（5）问。】

五问：

其他可参考Day 78的思考路径