46.Contrary to earlier predictions, demandforsugarcanehasnotincreasedinrecentyears. Yet, even though prices and production amounts have also beenstable during the last three years, sugarcanegrowerslastyear increasedtheirprofitsbymorethan10percentoverthepreviousyear'slevel.
Anyofthefollowingstatements,iftrueaboutlastyear,helpstoexplaintheriseinprofitsEXCEPT:
(A)Manycountriesthatarelargeconsumersofsugarcaneincreasedtheirproductionofsugarcane-based ethanol,yettheiroverallconsumptionofsugarcanedecreased.
(B)Sugarcanegrowershavesavedmoneyonwagesbyswitchingfrompayinglaborersanhourlywageto payingthembytheamountharvested.
(C)Thepriceofoil,themajorenergysourceusedbysugarcanegrowersinharvestingtheircrops,dropped byover20percent.
(D)Manysmallsugarcanegrowersjoinedtogethertoformanassociationofsugarcaneproducersandbegan tobuysuppliesatlowgrouprates.
(E)Rainfallinsugarcane-growingregionswashigherthanithadbeenduringthepreviousyear,allowingthe growerstosavemoneyonexpensiveartificialirrigation.
D是什么意思啊?为什么不对呢? |