先请教一题:

//司香尉,我们同一天考. 共同努力啊.

1.         GWD-25-Q2

In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase

from five Kirlandic dollars(KD5.00) Per hour to KD5.50 per hour. Opponents of

this increase have argued that the resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation

rate up. In fact its impact on wages will probably be negligible, since only a

very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than

KD5.50 per hour.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Most people in kirlandia who are currently earning the minimum wage have

  been employed at their current jobs for less than a year.

B. Some firms in Kirlandia have paid workers considerably less than KD5.00

  per hour, in violation of kirlandic employment regulations.

C. Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must

  reward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay level

  of trainees.

D. The greatest growth in Kirlandia’s economy in recent years has been in

   those sectors where workers earn wages that tend to be much higher

   than the minimum wage.

E The current minimum wage is insufficient for a worker holding only one job 

这题讨论过的，原来的答案是B，我也选B，而且觉得shanxin说得有理：B削弱了结论的条件，很多企业其实违法给予低于5元的pay，所以since后面的内容站不住脚

后来看了斑竹的话：把那个最小工资加了以后,引起的后果就是有很多其他的正试员工的工资也会相应的增加",这就反对了原文说的。

我还是不同意选C，我觉得C的意思是：很多企业雇佣实习生给他们最小的工资，但是必须要给正式工人高于给实习生的工资。这句话并没有说企业要给正式员工增加工资啊。如果说企业本来雇佣了很多实习生，现在要把实习生转正，再加上C这句话，那才是削弱。

请大家继续讨论。

以前讨论的地址：

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=24&ID=166663&page=1

我觉得B好象有点脱离了原文的推理过程.

argument 反驳resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation rate up的理由是 very small proportion 的人工资少于5.5刀.

我觉得最好的weaken就是说这个比例其实不小。

Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must  reward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay level   of trainees.

我觉得c有这个意思,但是不太清楚. 我的理解是实习生和正式工有个放大关系.

也就是说,如果实习生虽然少, 但是因为正式工的工资永远比实习生大,那么实习生的工资增加意味这大规模增加公司,所以weaken.

C并没有说正式工的工资要随着实习生的工资增长而增长，也没有说正式工比实习生高多少啊？

如果本来实习工的工资是5元，正式工的工资是6元，那么实习生长到5.5了，正式工还是比实习生高，实习生的工资增加为什么会一定意味这大规模增加人数？

你说的是对的,也是我有疑问的地方. 但是B太脱离原文推理过程了.

我觉得如果在考场真的遇到这个题目,我恐怕还选c. 当然最好别碰到.

还有一点,我觉得B中的Some  和C中的many 也让我觉得C更好。

总之,希望考试不要遇到这个鬼题目吧.