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The Calex Telecommunications Company is planning to introduce cellular telephone service into isolated coastal areas of Caladia, a move which will require considerable investment. However, the only significant economic activity in these areas is small-scale coffee farming, and none of the coffee farmers make enough money to afford the monthly service fees that Calex would have to charge to make a profit. Nevertheless, Calex contends that making the service available to these farmers will be profitable.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Calex's contention?
(A) Currently, Caladian coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee to local buyers at whatever price those buyers choose to pay because the farmers are unable to remain in contact with outside buyers who generally offer higher prices.
(B) In the coastal areas of Caladia where Calex proposes to introduce cellular telephone service, there is currently no fixed-line telephone service because fixed-line companies do not believe that they could recoup their investment.
(C) A cellular telephone company can break even with a considerably smaller number of subscribers than a fixed-line company can, even in areas such as the Caladian coast, where there is no difficult terrain to drive up the costs of installing fixed lines.
(D) Calex bases its monthly fees for cellular telephone service in a given region partly on the cost of installing the necessary equipment to provide the service there.
(E) Calex has for years made a profit on cellular telephone service in Caladia's capital city, which is not far from the coastal region.
答案选A,我选的是B,这道题好象没有看见以前讨论过
哪位能帮忙解释下吗?
题干是说种咖啡的收入少付不起手机月费。问为什么呢？A是说种咖啡的现在没有办法联络外面的买家，所以只能低价卖个当地的收购商。意思就是说如果种咖啡的能用手机和外界联络，使他们的咖啡卖的价钱更高，赚得多了他们就不会付不起月费了（营运商也赚钱了）。
题干是说种咖啡的收入少付不起手机月费。问为什么呢？A是说种咖啡的现在没有办法联络外面的买家，所以只能低价卖个当地的收购商。意思就是说如果种咖啡的能用手机和外界联络，使他们的咖啡卖的价钱更高，赚得多了他们就不会付不起月费了（营运商也赚钱了）。
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