which one is the answer?/大全-III-3

During 1991 the number of people in the town of Bayburg who received municipal food assistance doubled, even though the number of people in Bayburg whose incomes were low enough to qualify for such assistance remained unchanged.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

(A) In 1990 the Bayburg Town Council debated whether or not to alter the eligibility requirements for the food assistance program but ultimately decided not to change them.

(B) In 1990 the Bayburg social service department estimated the number of people in Bayburg who might be eligible for the food assistance program and then informed the Bayburg Town Council of the total amount of assistance likely to be needed.

(C) During 1991 many residents of a nearby city lost their jobs and moved to Bayburg in search of work.

(D) During 1991 the number of applicants for food assistance in Bayburg who were rejected on the basis that their incomes were above the maximum allowable limit was approximately the same as it had been in 1990.

(E) During 1991 Bayburg’s program of rent assistance for low-income tenants advertised widely and then informed all applicants about other assistance programs for which they would be qualified.

       同意E

      实际领取补助的人翻番，可以领取补助的人未变，说明原来有部分人可以领取补助但却没有领取

-Ⅲ-3.        In 1984 Exco, which sells it s products only through mail-order catalogs, began distributing its catalog to people who had never purchased Exco’s products, while it continued to distribute the catalog to previous customers. Total dollar sales increased in 1984, but Exco’s profits that year were smaller than in 1983.

Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of Exco’s smaller profits in 1984, as compared to 1983?

(A) There was a two percent increase in 1984 in the sales tax that consumers had to pay on all purchases from the catalog.

(B) A greater number of catalogs were sent to previous customers than to people who never purchased products from Exco.

(C) In 1984 Exco’s product-manufacturing costs increased by a smaller amount than the products’ selling prices increased.

(D) Customers who never previously purchased products from Exco purchased, on the average, fewer products in 1984 than did previous customers.（E）

(E) The increase between 1983 and 1984 in the cost of mailing the catalogs was greater than the increase in sales from 1983 to 1984.

大全Ⅲ-3 是這題吧~