Q37: Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices. Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers’ expectation? A. The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it. B. Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would. C. Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat. D. As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again. E. Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past. Q38: Journalist: Well-known businessman Arnold Bergeron has long been popular in the state, and he has often talked about running for governor, but he has never run. However, we have just learned that Bergeron has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for candidacy by submitting a detailed list of his current financial holdings to the election commission. So, it is very likely that Bergeron will be a candidate for governor this year. The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the journalist’s argument? A. Has anybody else who has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for the upcoming election reported greater financial holdings than Bergeron? B. Is submitting a list of holdings the only way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements? C. Did the information recently obtained by the journalists come directly from the election commission? D. Have Bergeron’s financial holdings increased in value in recent years? E. Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections? 37)我选E,答案是B,不太懂B是什么意思? 38)我选E,偶不知道正确的答案,好像B或者E,糊涂了:S
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