新GRE小短文阅读练习题七十一

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The Willett Museum, with one truly great work in an otherwise mediocre
, }7 w* b1 {9 w" j4 u# hcollection, can afford to remain open only by selling that work.  But with
that work gone, the museum's attendance figures, and thus its revenue
from admission tickets, would plummet.  The museum's operating deficit
would correspondingly grow and the proceeds from the sale would quickly
be used up.  Therefore, the sale of the Willett's single great work would
$ R" \& [( E* ^. yonly delay the museum's inevitable closing.  
& I" U. I" q% {3 u Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
      A   The Willett Museum derives some of its revenues from monies paid
5 P, Y" x# h0 C1 @+ x       by the organizers of special functions held at the museum.  
0 L7 b! W, L" a6 U      B The authenticity of the Willett Museum's single great work has never
       seriously been in doubt.  
( D: I4 ?1 @. c) h     C  The Willett Museum encourages patrons to make a donation to the
0 X" d4 G4 n/ Z+ S  `6 Q       museum every time they buy admission tickets.  
     D  The Willett Museum received its single great work as a conditional
       gift and would need to obtain permission to sell it.  
3 U; C" i9 M2 n7 W) j4 O; o: H1 z     E  The largest economic drain on the Willett Museum is the cost of
       insuring its single great work.  
答案 E