[求助]GWD-2-12

Question 12:
答案:E...為什麼??? 实在不明白...D為什麼不對?

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

If E, "...children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living," is true, then government's pension increase will be offset by lower income supplement from children, and the elders' total income (gov. pension + children's supplement) will stay the same.  So, E provides a good explanation to complete the original passage.

D isn't much relevent to the discussion, and therefore is not a good explanation to complete the passage.

請問 D 所指的會否是正確答案?

雖然increase 20% of total amount of pension,

但因total number of elderly increase "all-time" high

而導致in average, 每個elderly 收到的錢相對少了?

謝謝~我明白了

In the passage, "the increase has been duly(适当；合适；适度) received by all eligible Runagians"

因"每人能得到适当的增加",( 无论人数是否增多), 指出D錯.

"no better off" 接近意思為 "no better than"="几乎等于"

"Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase"

意指"與之前几乎等于"

終於明白robertchu所言

As children typically only supplement (补足，补充) a certain amount, so that the total amount received by elderly is only enough to provide the elderly with a comfortable living.

Children's supplement will decrease in response to the increase in government's pension, so that the total amount elderly received will ,still, only be the level for comfortable living.

Therefore, the elderly's total income (gov. pension + children's supplement) will remain the same.

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我明白E，但是不很清楚C.。老人买的东西涨了很多价，那么同robertchu分析E思路一样，新增加的养老金不一定能够平衡inflation所造成的支出的增加。－》整体生活水平在政府涨pension之后可能不必之前好。

3X

真TMD变态

E选项开始俺没看懂，原来是儿童会给老年人带来一部分收入（比如儿童抚养费之类的）

FT！！！