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cassie柚子蜜

Aroca City
currently funds its public schools through taxes on property. In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city. Critics protest that three percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes. The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless, implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca’s schools. Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six percent and more. In consequence, retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially.


In the argument given, the two potions in boldface play which of the following roles?

1. The first is an objection that has been raised against a certain plan; the second is a prediction that, if accurate, undermines the force of that objection.[C1]
   
   
2. The first is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is a point the argument makes in favor of adopting a alternative plan.
   
   
3. The first is a criticism, endorsed by the argument, of a funding plan; the second is the main reason cited by the argument for its endorsement of the criticism.
   
   
4. The first is a claim that the argument seeks to refute; the second is the main point used by the argument to show that the claim is false.
   
   
5. The first is a claim that the argument accepts with certain reservations; the second presents that claim in a rewarding that is not subject to those reservations.
   
   

AD 纠结了  求指点

yuniko321

个人意见：
原文：The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless....
作者并没有refute，作者承认这是对的，只是没有考虑到一些其他的条件。这些条件如Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six percent and more.可以undermine  Critics 的观点

也就是选A

cassie柚子蜜

是，为什么呀？？？

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答案选A吗？

sdcar2010

It's a RC type logic problem.

First BF is simply a fact raised and relied upon by the critic to question the effectiveness of the new proposal: Not enough money will be raised based on the CURRENT data.

Second BF "retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially" is an counter-arugment used by the supporters of the new proposal to predict FUTURE favorable development, which will make the first BF a moot point: MORE stores, sales, and taxes are coming.