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When a new restaurant, Martin’s Cafe, opened in Riverville last year, many people predicted that business at the Wildflower Inn, Riverville’s only other restaurant, would suffer from the competition.  Surprisingly, however, in the year since Martin’s Cafe opened, the average number of meals per night served at the Wildflower Inn has increased significantly.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the increase?

1. Unlike the Wildflower Inn, Martin’s Cafe serves considerably more meals on weekends than it does on weekdays.
   



2. Most of the customers of Martin’s Cafe had never dined in Riverville before this restaurant opened, and on most days Martin’s Cafe attracts more customers than it can seat.
   



3. The profit per meal is higher, on average, for meals served at Martin’s Cafe than for those served at the Wildflower Inn.
   



4. The Wildflower Inn is not open on Sundays, and therefore Riverville residents who choose to dine out on that day must either eat at Martin’s Cafe or go to neighboring towns to eat.
   



5. A significant proportion of the staff at Martin’s Cafe are people who formerly worked at the Wildflower Inn and were hired away by the owner of Martin’s Cafe.
   

     原文推理：R地新开了M餐饮店——》W餐饮店生意会降低

            结论：M店开张以后，W店每晚的就餐数量大大增加

     问解释

     A，D，E无关

     我选B，B说M店就餐的人在M店开张之前大多都没在R地吃过饭（说明M的开张增加了总的吃饭人数），而且M店总是有人抢不到位置吃饭（说明增加人数有部分没吃到饭）——》只好到W店去吃了

     C我差点选了，选之前反思了一下，这个选项还是无关的。选C的可能的理解是：因为M店利润高——》M店食物贵——》人去W店吃

     但是这个推理是不严密的，因为M店利润高——》M店食物贵，原文没有这种信息暗示

When a new restaurant, Martin’s Cafe, opened in Riverville last year, many people predicted that business at the Wildflower Inn, Riverville’s only other restaurant, would suffer from the competition.  Surprisingly, however, in the year since Martin’s Cafe opened, the average number of meals per night served at the Wildflower Inn has increased significantly.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the increase?

1. Unlike the Wildflower Inn, Martin’s Cafe serves considerably more meals on weekends than it does on weekdays.

2. Most of the customers of Martin’s Cafe had never dined in Riverville before this restaurant opened, and on most days Martin’s Cafe attracts more customers than it can seat.

3. The profit per meal is higher, on average, for meals served at Martin’s Cafe than for those served at the Wildflower Inn.

注意原文的"only",  从这个only可以推出-->>要么在M要么在W. 既然客源增多，M又take不了那么的客人，剩下的客人正好解释了W客源的上升。所以，B可以解释。

但C就不行了，利润高不一定推出价格就高，很多其他的原因比如：人工成本低，材料成本低。。。都可以产生高利润。想想咱们国家是靠什么成为输出大国的的 ：）

b is right

blur的解释让偶豁然开朗,谢谢!

嗯，看到B中的profit偶就排除啦，因为只有人数是相关的

文中说number of meals per night…

anyway,profit跟人数关系不如Ａ解释得好

权衡一下，还是选B