[求助]OG10 183题

leoozop

Editorial:
Regulations recently imposed by the government of
Risemia call for unprecedented reductions in the amounts of pollutants
manufacturers are allowed to discharge into the environment. It will
take costly new pollution control equipment requiring expensive
maintenance to comply with these regulations. Resultant price increases
for Risemian manufactured goods will lead to the loss of some export
markets. Clearly, therefore, annual exports of Risemian manufactured
goods will in the future occur at diminished levels.

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

(A)
The need to comply with the new regulations will stimulate the
development within Risemia of new pollution control equipment for which
a strong worldwide demand is likely to emerge.
(B) The proposed
regulations include a schedule of fines for noncompliance that escalate
steeply in cases of repeated noncompliance.
(C) Savings from
utilizing the chemicals captured by the pollution control equipment
will remain far below the cost of maintaining the equipment.
(D) By
international standards, the levels of pollutants currently emitted by
some of Risemia's manufacturing plants are not considered excessive.
(E)
The stockholders of most Risemia? manufacturing corporations exert
substantial pressure on the corporations to comply with environmental
laws.
怎么感觉第一句话有两个谓语啊～郁闷，请大侠赐教～

leoozop

看错了，不好意思～