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Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. In order to take advantage of this increase, Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its own model of telephone, while continuing its already very extensive advertising of this product.

Which of the following, if true, provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase its sales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?

(A) Although it sells all of the telephones that it produces, Mammoth Industries’ share of all telephone sales has declined over the last year.

(B) Mammoth Industries’ average inventory of telephones awaiting shipment to retailers has declined slightly over the last year.

(C) Advertising has made the brand name of Mammoth Industries’ telephones widely known, but few consumers know that Mammoth Industries owns this brand.

(D) Mammoth Industries’ telephone is one of three brands of telephone that have together accounted for the bulk of the last year’s increase in sales.（E）

(E) Despite a slight decline in the retail price, sales of Mammoth Industries’ telephones have fallen in the last year.

不明白为什么选E

明白

多谢

E: Although drop in last year doesn’t necessarily mean this year will drop also, it can’t say this year will increase either. So E is ambiguous. D: at least indicates that advertisement supported the sales increase of last year. So D.