19. Industrialists from the country Distopia were accused of promoting the Distopian intervention in the Arcadian civil war merely to insure that the industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits during the war. Yet this cannot be the motive since, as the Distopians foresaw, Distopia's federal expenses for the intervention were eight billion dollars, whereas, during the war, profits from the Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia totaled only four billion dollars.
Which of the following, if true, exposes a serious flaw in the argument made in the second sentence above?
(A) During the Arcadian war, many Distopian industrialists with facilities located in Arcadia experienced a significant rise in productivity in their facilities located in Distopia (B) The largest proportion of Distopia's federal expenses is borne by those who receive no significant industrial profits. (C) Most Distopian industrialists' facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war. (D) Distopian industrialists' facilities in Arcadia made substantial profits before the events that triggered the civil war. (E) Many Distopians expressed concern over the suffering that Arcadians underwent during the civil war.
THE ANSWER IS B.
A,D,E, IS DEFINITELY WRONG.
BUT I THINK C IS TRICKY.
SINCE C SAYS,
Most Distopian industrialists' facilities located in Arcadia are expected to maintain the level of profits they achieved during the war.
THAT MEANS 利益的获得不仅在DURING THE WAR, 还在 MAINTAIN AFTER WAR.
SO C IS A GOOD WEAKEN.
CAN ANY NN TEL ME WHY CHOOSE B, NOT C?
AND B 中 "those who receive no significant industrial profits" 是哪一拨人？非实业者？还是经营不善获利甚少的实业者？
You are right on "THAT MEANS 利益的获得在DURING THE WAR," but not necessarily on "MAINTAIN AFTER WAR", nothing tells us in the passage what will be going on after the war, so we don't know.
It doesn't matter who were "those who receive no significant industrial profits", it does matter we know it is not The Industrialists who burdon the expense, so the flaw here is the fuzzy math between those who got the profit and those who footed the bill, which belong to difference groups.
BTW, big fun of Ingrid Bergman, eh? You've got a company.
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