GWD25--2

jinni

In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase

from five Kirlandic dollars(KD5.00) Per hour to KD5.50 per hour. Opponents of

this increase have argued that the resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation

rate up. In fact its impact on wages will probably be negligible, since only a

very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than

KD5.50 per hour.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Most people in kirlandia who are currently earning the minimum wage have

  been employed at their current jobs for less than a year.

B. Some firms in Kirlandia have paid workers considerably less than KD5.00

  per hour, in violation of kirlandic employment regulations.

C. Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must

  reward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay level

  of trainees.

D. The greatest growth in Kirlandia’s economy in recent years has been in

   those sectors where workers earn wages that tend to be much higher

   than the minimum wage.

E The current minimum wage is insufficient for a worker holding only one job  

to earn enough to support a family ,even when working full time at that job.

答案是B，但是我觉得应该选C，请大家讨论。

jinni

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wpm70

bc都读不太懂,反正b中是说了钱的事情了,好了有关,d奖励什么乱78糟的,和原文哪有关?

dreamingkid

I will try to explain:

Let's think about how this small portion of people receiving wages below KD 5.5 can drive the inflation rate up?

Inflation rate is accounted by two factors-the number of people*the wage increase of each person.

Now the statement has clearly pointed out that the number of people is small,so it indicates that the wage increase should be large.

B justifies

shanexin

B削弱了结论的条件，很多企业其实违法给予低于5元的pay，所以since后面的内容站不住脚

司香尉

感觉B是削弱现在，C是将来有可能削弱。我还是选B

wycg

同意选C. C说的就是在说"把那个最小工资加了以后,引起的后果就是有很多其他的正试员工的工资也会相应的增加",这就反对了原文说的.

B是无关项,肯定是错的.

另外GWD里的有些答案确实给错了, 如果大家感觉不sure的话,可以拿上来讨论.

rosmarine

支持C。反驳6楼的：如果以前有企业付给员工低于最低工资的薪水，那么以后同样也会这么干，新的法令对他们没什么影响，况且这部分企业只是“some”而已。C说的是“many”，说明新法令确实对许多企业有影响。

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-6-3 9:27:55编辑过]

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