To protect certain fledgling industries, the government of Country Z banned imports of the types of products those industries were starting to make. As a direct result, the cost of those products to the buyers, several export-dependent industries in Z, went up, sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively in their export markets.
Which of the following conclusions about Country Z’s adversely affected export-dependent industries is best supported by the passage?
(A) Profit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs mentioned above.
(B) Those industries had to contend with the fact that other countries banned imports from Country Z.
(C) Those industries succeeded in expanding the domestic market for their products.
(D) Steps to offset rising materials costs by decreasing labor costs were taken in those industries.
(E) Those industries started to move into export markets that they had previously judged unprofitable.
"Those industries" refer to "export-dependent industries in Z" since both phrases are in the same sentence.
If the export-dependent industries in Z cannot compete effectively due to the rising cost of the imported product, surely answer A describes one possible reason.
C选项中的thoses industries 指的是several export-dependent industries in Z 文章的结论应该是 政府的计划sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively in their export markets.
(A) Profit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs mentioned above. 正确。因为如果cost变高了的话一定会影响profit margin (B) Those industries had to contend with the fact that other countries banned imports from Country Z. 这个和other countries，import 没有关系。 (C) Those industries succeeded in expanding the domestic market for their products. 无关 (D) Steps to offset rising materials costs by decreasing labor costs were taken in those industries. labor cost从头到尾都没有提过。无关。 (E) Those industries started to move into export markets that they had previously judged unprofitable. 说他们现在经营状况很难。没有提到他们之后的动向。何况装移到unprofitable更赔钱。。
Inference question is a Must-Be-True type of question, which is 100% true based on the stimulus. In other words, if stimulus is right, the answer for an inference question MUST be right. Choice A is 100% true based on the stimulus.
我选了B，从题干中sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively in their export markets 是不是错在：价格增长出口优势相应减少，但并不表明Z就100%打算出口这些产品？在A绝对正确的情况下，B就淘汰了？
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