作者:英吉
Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. In order to take advantage of this increase, Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its own model of telephone, while continuing its already very extensive advertising of this product.
Which of the following, if true, provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase its sales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?
(A) Although it sells all of the telephones that it produces, Mammoth Industries' share of all telephone sales has declined over the last year.
(B) Mammoth Industries' average inventory of telephones awaiting shipment to retailers has declined slightly over the last year.
(C) Advertising has made the brand name of Mammoth Industries' telephones widely known, but few consumers know that Mammoth Industries owns this brand.
(D) Mammoth Industries' telephone is one of three brands of telephone that have together accounted for the bulk of the last year's increase in sales.
(E) Despite a slight decline in the retail price, sales of Mammoth Industries' telephones have fallen in the last year.
题目分析:A说m公司在电话销售中的share在下降,没说过,杀。B说的是存货量多少,也没有提过,干掉。C说虽然做广告,但是消费者不知道m这个公司拥有自己的品牌,没提,杀。D说m是三巨头之一,这三巨头是去年电话销量上涨的主力军,更没说过了,杀。E说零售价格尽管下来了,m公司的手机销量去也却下降了,反复强调的就是零售价格和销量之间的关系,原文反复谈的也就是销量问题,沾边,留着。