prep2-19

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With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia and with previously established companies adding many jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderian economy.  This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year.  Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

(A) Each year, new companies starting up create more new jobs overall than do previously established companies.

(B) Companies established last year will not add a greater number of jobs overall this year than they did last year.

(C) This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.

(D) This year, the overall number of jobs created by previously established companies will be less than the overall number of jobs lost at those companies.

(E) The number of jobs created in the Derderian economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost last year.

C是对的，我看题的时候也是顺着这个思路想的，结果看到B就选了……现在我也没看出来B哪里不对，nn指点一下吧

对啊，去年开的公司到今年已经不算新公司了呀，傻了，呵呵

谢谢mm了

我认为 establishend companies last year 是指去年建成的公司和companies estalshed previously 是不一样的

所以他的错误在于 还有其他公司可以创造更工作 ，大家认为呢？