作者：英吉
Press Secretary: Our critics claim that the President’s recent highway project cancellations demonstrate a vindictive desire to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties. They offer as evidence the fact that 90 percent of the projects canceled were in such districts. But all of the canceled projects had been identified as wasteful in a report written by respected nonpartisan auditors. So the President’s choice was clearly motivated by sound budgetary policy, not partisan politics.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the press secretary’s argument depends?
A.Canceling highway projects was not the only way for the President to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties.
B.The scheduled highway projects identified as wasteful in the report were not mostly projects in districts controlled by the President’s party.
C.The number of projects canceled was a significant proportion of all the highway projects that were to be undertaken by the government in the near future.
D.The highway projects canceled in districts controlled by the President’s party were not generally more expensive than the projects canceled in districts controlled by opposition parties.
E.Reports by nonpartisan auditors are not generally regarded by the opposition parties as a source of objective assessments of government projects.
题目分析：A说取消的高速公路计划不是惩罚的唯一方式，我们早就说过，不是唯一自己是不是不知道，一个自己都说不准的选项无法和原文建立必然联系，干掉。B说这些被认为是废物的计划不是被当局控制，原文反复谈的就是取消这些项目的真实原因到底是财政紧张还是党派斗争，这个选项谈的主题就是这个，留着。C说取消的这些计划占总计划的比例多少，没提，杀。D说费用那个更贵，扯得更远了，杀。E说贼写auditor出具的报告不会被反对党当成一个客观的评估，没说，杀。
