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165. Country Y uses its scarce foreign-exchange reserves to buy scrap iron for recycling into steel. Although the steel thus produced earns more foreign exchange than it costs, that policy is foolish. Country Y’s own territory has vast deposits of iron ore, which can be mined with minimal expenditure of foreign exchange.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Country Y’s policy of buying scrap iron broad?

(A) The price of scrap iron on international markets rose significantly in 1987.

(B) Country Y’s foreign-exchange reserves dropped significantly in 1987.

(C) There is virtually no difference in quality between steel produced from scrap iron and that produced from iron ore.

(D) Scrap iron is now used in the production of roughly half the steel used in the world today, and experts predict that scrap iron will be used even more extensively in the future. E

(E) Furnaces that process scrap iron can be built and operated in Country Y with substantially less foreign exchange than can furnaces that process iron ore.

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Choice E, the best answer, furnishes two pieces of information that together support the policy. First, furnaces that process scrap iron may be unable to process iron ore. Second, obtaining and operating furnaces that can process iron ore would require substantially more foreign exchange, thus possibly offsetting any advantage from processing domestic iron ore.

The possibility of increases in scrap iron’s price (choice A) speaks against the policy. The vulnerability of Country Y’s foreign-exchange reserves (choice B) emphasizes the need to conserve foreign exchange, but does not indicate which mode of steel production best accomplishes this. Choice C is neutral between the modes production. Choice D would support the policy only with assumptions about the reasons for the experts’ prediction.

ets认为C选项是中立的，怎么我觉得是属于削弱的呢？

triangle

if quality of steel produced from scrap iron > quality of steel produced from iron ore, support Country Y’s policy of buying scrap iron broad;

if quality of steel produced from iron ore > quality of steel produced from scrap iron ,weaken Country Y’s policy of buying scrap iron broad;

no difference in quality, neutral

leslie123456789

以下是引用triangle在2005-4-28 22:58:00的发言：

if quality of steel produced from scrap iron > quality of steel produced from iron ore, support Country Y’s policy of buying scrap iron broad;

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if quality of steel produced from iron ore > quality of steel produced from scrap iron ,weaken Country Y’s policy of buying scrap iron broad;

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no difference in quality, neutral

在质量没有影响的前提下,"Country Y’s own territory has vast deposits of iron ore, which can be mined with minimal expenditure of foreign exchange." iron ore能减少外汇的交易，应该是削弱吧，为什么是中性呢？

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-5-4 16:51:47编辑过]

leslie123456789

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zhoushao

若是两个质量相同的话，那么对scrap iron生产的steel加强也可，削弱也可

若是加强，就说：两者质量同，那位什么不用scrap iron生产，而用iron ore生产呢

若是削弱就说，两者质量同，那位什么不用iron ore生产，而用scrap iron生产呢

所以，是中立

我理解MM的意思，但是因为这个选项本身的两面性，所以还是不能作为削弱

ring_cheng

我感觉：关键在于原文中两种方法都有其优点（进口废钢可以多换点外汇，而自己产钢则可以省钱），因此C中说进口铁与自己产的铁质量都一样，等于给两种方法都加了一些筹码，因此没有偏向，是中立的。

gonghao

以下是引用zhoushao在2005-5-4 21:39:00的发言：

若是两个质量相同的话，那么对scrap iron生产的steel加强也可，削弱也可

若是加强，就说：两者质量同，那位什么不用scrap iron生产，而用iron ore生产呢

若是削弱就说，两者质量同，那位什么不用iron ore生产，而用scrap iron生产呢

所以，是中立

我理解MM的意思，但是因为这个选项本身的两面性，所以还是不能作为削弱

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