Which of the following most logically completes the passage below?
Heavy rains during Centralia's corn planting season prevented some farmers there from planting corn. It is now the planting season for soybeans, another of Centralia's principal crops, and those fields originally intended for corn are dry enough for planting. Nonetheless, even though soybean prices are unusually high at present, the farmers will leave most of these fields empty rather than plant them with soybeans, since________.
Which of the following most logically completes the passage below? Heavy rains during Centralia’s corn planting season prevented some farmers there from planting corn. It is now the planting season for soybeans, another of Centralia’s principal crops, and those fields originally intended for corn are dry enough for planting. Nonetheless, even though soybean prices are unusually high at present, the farmers will leave most of these fields empty rather than plant them with soybeans, since ??????.
A. the extensive rains have led to an increase in the price of corn B. some Centralian farmers anticipate serious financial losses due to the extremely wet spring planting season C. chemicals that were used to prepare the fields for corn planting would stunt the growth of soybeans D. the majority of Centralia’s corn farmers were able to plant corn as they had intended, despite the wet planting season E. many Centralian farmers grow both corn and soybeans
B. some Centralian farmers anticipate serious financial losses due to the extremely wet spring planting season anticipate , some 这些词语太过主观, 不能反映GMAT考试的客观性... 遇到类似的词语都应该注意。
在原题中可以看到 those fields originally intended for corn are dry enough for planting, 说明是已经为中玉米准备好的一片田地, 又因为Nonetheless, even though soybean prices are unusually high at present这一句话,可以知道,soybean的价钱是不变甚至升高, 而利润=价钱*产量- 成本 , 所以影响因素就是产量变了, 所以C能很直接的反应出those fields originally intended for corn are dry enough for planting 导致了 stunt的soybean 使得产量下降,利润很低划不来
serious financial losses 和 not plant soybeans之间有gap 它并没有说是plant soybeans会造成很大的损失 文中已经说了soybean prices are unusually high at present 所以按照常理plant soybeans应该profitable才对 除非C chemicals that were used to prepare the fields for corn planting would stunt the growth of soybeans→planting soybeans may have serious financial losses→so leave most field empty 另外some farmers确实也不具有代表性...
the majority of Centralia’s corn farmers were able to plant corn as they had intended, despite the wet planting season 这句话的意思是,在过去,尽管是在wet planting season,只要他们愿意,他们就会种 corn。题目讲的是现在,这个提到过去,与原文无关。
B 文中说的是the farmer,但是B说的是一部分,some farmer的观点不能代表the farmer的观点。 D 有能力这个错误选项看见很多,有能力做和做不做是两回事,选项只说了有能力,没有很清楚的告诉我们,农民一定会种玉米,退一万步,真的种了,那么文中已经说了,即便大豆的价格上涨。就是明知道大豆价格上涨,他仍然 种玉米,他是雷锋呢?还是雷锋呢?还是雷锋呢?