请教GWD 25-2

hutty2000

Q2.

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B可是就是看不出来B是怎么weaken的E怎么就不行呢？

hawkinsxie

反复看了下，E没有削弱的能力。

虽然B非常不好，但多多少少有点削弱的概念。

因为作者的argument显然只是考虑了5<wage<5.5这个区间里的人；B说还有wage<5的情况没考虑呢！削弱了argument。

E只是一个事实，表明5不够养活人，不能削弱工资上涨数目可以忽略不计。

michaelmxy

这题讨论过了，最后将答案定在了C

hutty2000

以下是引用coopers在2006-6-12 23:08:00的发言：

In question , it says:

probably be negligible, since only a very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than

KD5.50 per hour.

B says this statement is not true.

Even what E is true,   it still does not address the argument in the question, as the question says: only a very small proportion of........

Perfect Explanation. I can not agree with it more.

Thanks a lot.

lklszlklsz

the answer should be c

 in b ,some firms violated the employment regulations by paying less than 5/h, but even if the minimum wage is set by laws, no one can warrant that these firms must comply with the regulations. so, I donot think b will undermine the conclusion.

in c, because many trained workers should keep paylevel over that of trainees, when the pays of trainees is raised, the wages of trained workers will rise accordingly. Thus, the total wages of the whole workfore will rise inevitably.

mba06

it can only be c. when b mentioned some firms, the answer is 90% wrong.

benjaminshufe

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toeflboy2005

I agree with C

SBGMAC

B说已经有firms violate 现在的regulation.那么regulation改了以后those firms are still likely to violate the new regulation again. 所以起步到削弱作用。

C 有削弱作用。同意7楼lklszlklsz说的。

sabrina07

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