GWD 一道filling题，请教啊～

sicilia小山

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

KEY:E
想问下 E说的小孩补充家用怎么就证明了现在长了pension还倒不如从前过得好呢？

多谢啦啦啦啦～

sicilia小山

偶明白了～老人从政府的pension 和 自家小孩 supplement 处拿生活费；当pension多了，小孩就不给这么多supplement啦，因为仅仅 only by enough 来维持老人comfortable 生活就ok啦，所以在total 不变的情况下，或者说只是comfortable的条件要求下，政府pension多少无所谓了，老人不会因此better off哦～

自问自答，偶表示很惭愧～

伤追人

多谢楼上的LZ的解释，有学了一题。哈哈哈！