GWD-13-Q5

Vorland’s government is planning a nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants.  The objection that the ban would reduce restaurants’ revenues is ill founded.  Several towns in Vorland enacted restaurant smoking restrictions five years ago.  Since then, the amount the government collects in restaurant meal taxes in those towns has increased 34 percent, on average, but only 26 percent elsewhere in Vorland.  The amount collected in restaurant meal taxes closely reflects restaurants’ revenues.

Which of the following, if true, most undermines the defense of the government’s plan?

A.      When the state first imposed a restaurant meal tax, opponents predicted that restaurants’ revenues would decline as a result, a prediction that proved to be correct in the short term.

B.       The tax on meals in restaurants is higher than the tax on many other goods and services.

C.      Over the last five years, smoking has steadily declined throughout Vorland.

D.      In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate dining areas where smoking is permitted.

E.       Over the last five years, government revenues from sales taxes have grown no faster in the towns with restaurant smoking restrictions than in the towns that have no such restrictions.

答案是D, 我选E. 请教为什么是D?

D毫无关系啊!

谢谢!

不懂，偶也觉得是E.

题目是说反对者认为Ban会降低收入，而支持者提供的证据是说来自已经执行了这个Ban的地方收入并没有减少。D选项说， 在已经执行了这个Ban的地方，还是保留了特殊的允许吸烟的地方， 也就是说这些地方实质上并没有执行这个Ban，从而削弱了支持者的结论。

E选项，说这些执行的地区的税收提高的更快，注意，这里是Sales Taxes， 消费税的数量，这个很难反映餐馆的收入吧，如果改成税率还会有点削弱的作用。

感谢!

明白了!

E说的是执行区税收不比非执行区增加快。改成税率的话，有可能削弱。