149. The cotton farms of Country Q became so productive that the market could not absorb all that they produced. Consequently, cotton prices fell. The government tried to boost cotton prices by offering farmers who took 25 percent of their cotton acreage out of production direct support payments up to a specified maximum per farm.
The government’s program, if successful, will not be a net burden on the budget. Which of the following, if true, is the best basis for an explanation of how this could be so? (A) Depressed cotton prices meant operating losses for cotton farms, and the government lost revenue from taxes on farm profits. (B) Cotton production in several counties other than Q declined slightly the year that the support-payment program went into effect in Q. (C) The first year that the support-payment program was in effect, cotton acreage in Q was 5% below its level in the base year for the program. (D) The specified maximum per farm meant that for very large cotton farms the support payments were less per acre for those acres that were withdrawn from production than they were for smaller farms. (E) Farmers who wished to qualify for support payments could not use the cotton acreage that was withdrawn from production to grow any other crop. A 题目看不懂
The cotton farms of Country Q became so productive that the market could not absorb all that they produced. Consequently, cotton prices fell. The government tried to boost cotton prices by offering farmers who took 25 percent of their cotton acreage out of production direct support payments up to a specified maximum per farm.
解决: The government’s program, if successful, will not be a net burden on the budget.
正向解释就是 棉花价格上升 ->政府税收增加
正确答案 A 就是反向解释 棉花价格下降 ->政府税收减少
D 对大地主每英亩的补助 比 小地主少
跟 government’s net burden 无关
其实 OG的解释很清楚 None of the other choices provides a source of revenue to the governmentor suggests that savings would be realized in a governmental expense category, so choices B, C, D, and E are all incorrect.
京公网安备11010202008513号 京ICP证101109号 京ICP备12012021号
发表于 2005-2-14 20:03:00
