gwd 2-V12过两天就考了，急得不行了！！谢谢帮忙。

Question 12:

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Concerned about financial well-being of its elderly citizens, the government of Runagia

decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension

paid to all Runagians over 65.  Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible,

and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians.  Nevertheless,

many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large

part because ________.

A.        They rely entirely on the government pension for their income

B.        Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks to cash a

pension check

C.        They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times of inflation

D.       The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the

poverty level reached an all-time high

E.        In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but

only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living

答案是：E. 可小弟就是想不通。 不是谈的那回事嘛！望帮忙。

E是说老人们的孩子给老人钱，限度为老人能过上Comfortable life. 不管政府是否给钱，所以政府给钱了，孩子就少给，政府给钱并不能提高老人们的收入。

选E啊

注意E里面的only enough,也就是说老人的收入由pension+supplement from children组成，而且是only enouth。虽然现在pension增加了，可是根据E，相应的supplement from children会减少，所以经济情况没有变好。（因为这些children都不乖，把老人的总收入控制的only enough的程度上。）