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Last year, Mayor Stephens established a special law-enforcement task force with

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问题 Last year, Mayor Stephens established a special law-enforcement task force with the avowed mission of eradicating corruption in city government. The mayor’s handpicked task force has now begun prosecuting a dozen city officials. Since all of these officials were appointed by Mayor Bixby, Mayor Stephens’ predecessor and longtime political foe, it is clear that those being prosecuted have been targeted because of their political affiliations.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the editorial’s argument?
选项 A、Complaints of official corruption in city government have decreased since the anticorruption task force began operating.
B、Former mayor Bixby did not publicly oppose Mayor Stephens’ establishment of the anticorruption task force.
C、Almost all of the officials who have served in city government for any length of time are appointees of Mayor Bixby.
D、All of the members of the anticorruption task force had other jobs in city government before the task force was formed.
E、During the last mayoral election campaign, then–Mayor Bixby hotly disputed the current mayor’s claim that there was widespread corruption in city government.
答案 C
解析 A．Complaints of official corruption in city government have decreased since the anticormption task force began operating．自从反贪行动小组开始运作之后，市政府中关于官员腐败的投诉下降了。
解析：本选项只能说明反贪行动小组有用，与本文所要削弱的因果关系无关。不选。
B．Former mayor Bixby did not pubHcly oppose Mayor Stephens’establishment of the anficorrupfion task force．前市长Bixby并没有公开反对Stephens市长建立反贪行动小组。
解析：Bixby市长只是没有公开反对Stephens市长，但这不能表明Bixby市长一定不是Stephens市长的政敌，因此不能削弱原因部分“政敌”这一因素。不选。
C．Almost all of the officials who have served in city govemment for any length of time are appointees of Mayor Bixby．几乎所有在市政府工作的官员都是Bixby市长任命的。
解析：C选项如果正确的话，则说明整个市政府几乎所有人的政治依附都有问题，于是所有人都应该被检举，但是根据原文只有12人被检举，该选项削弱了文章的结论，正确。
D．All of the members of the anticorruption task force had other jobs in city government before the task force was formed．反贪行动小组所有的成员在小组建立之前在市政府里都有别的工作。
解析：该选项讨论主体是反贪小组，与本题无关。不选。
E．During the last mayoral election campaign，then-Mayor Bixby hotly disputed the current mayor’s claim that there was widespread corruption in city government．在上一次市长选举活动中，时任Bixby市长强烈地反对过现任市长关于市政府存在腐败现象的言论。
解析：Bixby市长反对过Stephens市长，证明他们是政敌，因此加强了原文中“政敌”这一原因。不选。
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