GWD7-37 求中文解释

shunliqumeiguo

11. GWD7-Q37:（CD-5-37）
Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high.  Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business.  With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise.  Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers’ expectation?

A.    The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.
B.    Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.
C.    Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.
D.    As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.
E.    Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past.

答案是B
B是什么意思啊？求解释！！！

我选C 我觉得可以代表对MEAT 的需求减少了，为什么不可以呢？

shunliqumeiguo

懂了！感激！！！

leiyu_52

嗯，楼上说的对，由于畜牧业margins很tight，所以farmers退出不干了。

B. 那些从畜牧业退出的farmers会提前把他们蓄养的牲畜投向市场（much earlier than they otherwise would)。由此推出：短期内牲畜供给量上升，因此价格下降。

C有点无厘头了，题干都在说玉米和牲畜的事，C却说原来吃肉的人都去吃素了，虽然在常理上来讲确实也能推出结论，但C和题干差的有点远

eshopaholic

many farmers are expected to leave the livestock business

B.    Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would

根据以上的两个预测，可推断在短期内livestock供给上升，价格下降；进而导致肉类价格下降

C 选项与short-term decrease矛盾

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