标题: 谢谢 [打印本页] 作者: kun861010 时间: 2009-12-1 13:05 标题: 谢谢 Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
Concerned about financial well-being of its elderly citizens, the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension paid to all Runagians over 65. Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible, and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians. Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large part because ________.
A. They rely entirely on the government pension for their income
B. Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks to cash a pension check
C. They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times of inflation
D. The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the poverty level reached an all-time high
e.In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living
E这句话什么意思？我的理解是孩子会补贴老人，那既然补贴老人了，怎么近况还会NO BETTER OFF呢？ 作者: amelialeaf1 时间: 2009-12-5 00:20
我的理解是， 在政府increas pension 之前，孩子一直都有给老人补贴，使得老人的生活已经达到了一定的水平，也就是E中所说的only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living. 政府的20%increase并不足够使这些老人生活达到更高的层次，也就是E中所说的 better off financially .