Kernland imposes ahigh tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure thatthe nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessedcashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growingcashews. However, since all theprocessing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriouslyhamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next fiveyears.
Which of thefollowing, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Some of theby-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing paints andplastics.
B. Other countriesin which cashews are processed subsidize their processing plants.
C. More people inKernland are engaged in farming cashews than in processing them.
D. Buyingunprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processorsin Kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices.
E. A lack ofprofitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in Kernlandoff their land and into the cities.
“removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years”---意思是，撤销关税会使城市失业率增高。作者: sheep1266 时间: 2013-2-4 18:06
顶一下！！有人来解答吗！作者: yuwt2012 时间: 2013-6-19 13:55
removing the tariff 会导致失业率上升
削弱 找他因
是farmers进城导致失业率上升
作者: francoisyang 时间: 2013-6-19 15:08
原文结论如果免除关税会导致城市就业率下降。E选项的意思是（不免除关税的情况下）农作物价格低，会导致农民进城，（从而导致城市人口上升，而城市的岗位就这么点，也会使就业率下降）。作者: yidian12003 时间: 2013-11-16 10:21
I think the answer should be D if the process plants in the city still could buy raw material with a low price after the tariff has been lifted