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18.   There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt. Two million couples are currently waiting to adopt, but in 1982, the last year for which figures exist, there were only some 50,000 adoptions.

Which of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the author’s claim that there are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt?

(A) The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly in the last decade.

(B) The number of adoptions in the current year is greater than the number of adoptions in any preceding year.无关

(C) The number of adoptions in a year is approximately equal to the number of children available for adoption in that period.无关

(D) People who seek to adopt children often go through a long process of interviews and investigation by adoption agencies.无关（C）

(E) People who seek to adopt children generally make very good parents.无关

这题我选A可是答案是C 我不明白是如何加强了

谢谢

结论:There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt.

原文中200万夫妻want to adopt 但只有50000  但这数据是1982的

A 是说夫妻want to adopt 的 上升 但我觉得还要加上adoption没有increase significantly比较好 才能维持far fewer

C 说adoption 的数量每年差不多 那间接说明了couple want to adopt的 和 adoption的差距 一扬大

个人意见 请多指教

far fewer是说一样多吗？还是远远少于呢？

查到no fewer than 是emphasize that a number is large 。。

请多指教，谢谢！

刚刚从nn那弄明白，不敢独享，赶紧贴上  

“If you look at C closely, it actually says "the number of children available for adoption in that period is only 50,000", so you should know 2 million people want to adopt, but only 50,000 available...”

还是没明白啊

不好意思能再讲讲吗

谢谢

谈谈我的理解，希望有些帮助，

C选项表明了：一年中实际收养到的数目＝可供收养的孩子的人数=50,000 adoptions，

同时题干中又说Two million couples are currently waiting to adopt，说明有200万的夫妇waiting to adopt 仅有的50000个孩子， 这样可以看出There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt。

不知是否有帮助

感谢roberta

C我明白了 可是A为何不对啊

谢谢roberta 的分享

我来讲讲看完后　对A的看法

结论:There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt.

原文中　并没有明却说明the number of availabe for adoption

A 只说people who want to adopt 增加　但the number of availabe for adoption 还是不明却

个人意见 请多指教

a 根本没提到孩子，There are far fewer children available for adoption than there are people who want to adopt 是结论，

只说The number of couples waiting to adopt has increased significantly 没有任何意义，

但我认为如果没有c,a 也可看成是正确的，他加强的方向是正确的，但力度不够