请教一题代词指代的分析方法

NeTman

In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.

(A) In assessing the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(B) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in assessing the problems that they face.
(C) A question that is irrelevant in assessing the problems that rural migrant workers face is whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor.
(D) In an assessment of the problems faced by rural migrant workers, the question of whether they are better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant.
(E) The question of whether the rural migrant worker is better off materially than the urban working poor is irrelevant in an assessment of the problems that they face.


正确答案是D，但是我无法把各选项中的they指代谁分析清楚！

还请NN们不吝赐教

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-31 3:11:04编辑过]

mindfree

In D, "they" refers rural migrant workers. In B and E, they can refer ro both rural and urban, making them the wrong answer.

NeTman

感谢ing!