弱弱地求教：大全A-12 和 B-11

A- 12

Are you still reading the other newspaper in town? Did you know that the Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldn’t care less about the people of Gotham
                City? Read the Daily Clarion, the only real voice of the people of Gotham
                City!

Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?

(A) Over half of the advertising revenues of the Daily Clarion come from firms whose headquarters are located outside of Gotham
                City.

(B) The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle.

(C) Nearly 40 percent of the readers of the Daily Clarion reside outside the limits of Gotham
                City.

(D) The editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham
                    City for ten years or more.（D）

(E) The Daily Bugle has been published in Gotham
                City for a longer time than has the Daily Clarion.

好心人能简单诠释下答案D吗，以及为什么选项B错？

B- 11.  

The burden of maintaining the U.S. highway system falls disproportionately on the trucking industry. Trucks represent only about 10 percent of the vehicles on U.S. roads. Yet road use taxes assessed on trucks amount to almost half the taxes paid for highway upkeep and repair.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

(A) The trucking industry has enjoyed record after-tax profits in three of the past four years.

(B) Because of their weight, trucks cause over 50 percent of the damage sustained by highway surfaces each year.

(C) Without an economically viable trucking industry, the cost of goods in the United States would rise significantly.

(D) Road use taxes paid by trucking companies have decreased by 3 percent over the past five years.（B）

(E) Due to years of neglect, U.S. highways today are badly in need of major repairs and rebuilding.

不是很明白选项B为何正确。

先谢谢大家的热心关注和讨论了！

第二道题很好理解，说维修公路的重任都落到了卡车身上，但卡车只占所有机动车辆的10%。而卡车交的税却占了整个用于公路维修的税收的一半。

那反驳就说，这道路上有50%都是你卡车毁的。也就是说你虽然车不多，但架不住你的破坏能力强。

至于第一题，我也想问问为什么是d...

第一题的矛盾是这样的

conclusion is: Daily Clarion, the only real voice of the people of Gotham
            City!

其中一个原因是，Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldn’t care less about the people of Gotham
            City

A.广告费，无关

B. out of town news和 real voice 没有任何冲突。我可以报比较多out of town news,但是只要我can voice for the people in the city就可以了。这个选项最干扰，但是你只要清楚两者的关系就好,out of town news多，不代表不能代表本地的voice,反之亦然

c.读者在那里，无关

d.editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham
            City for ten years or more. 最有关的就是这个了，主编和staff 都是本地人，在这个城市工作和生活。所以，你不能说 Daily Bugle 报出来的东西不代表本地人的voice

e.创刊时间，无关

谢谢两位热心解答。

我也理解两位的意思了。

另外，我做题的时候把couldn't care less about  这个句型理解错了。 NORMALLY， 否定+ LESS + 形容词A= 形容词A的反义词。但这里是根本不在乎的意思。HOHO