(sos)take test tomorrow.ask two easy cr questions

wjwjjun

2. Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused dramatic increases in the price of cotton on the world market. By contrast, the price of soybeans has long remained stable. Knowing that cotton plants mature quickly, many soybean growers in Ortovia plan to cease growing soybeans and begin raising cotton instead, thereby taking advantage of the high price of cotton to increase their income significantly, at least over the next several years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the plan’s chances for success?
A. The cost of raising soybeans has increased significantly over the past several years and is expected to continue to climb.
B. Tests of a newly developed, inexpensive pesticide have shown it to be both environmentally safe and effective against the insects that have infested cotton crops.
C. In the past several years, there has been no sharp increase in the demand for cotton and for goods made out of cotton.
D. Few consumers would be willing to pay significantly higher prices for cotton goods than they are now paying.
E. The species of insect that has infested cotton plants has never been known to attack soybean plants
the answer is b.
why c and d are not incorrect.?

Finding of a survey of advertisers in Systems magazine: Most of the merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by people under age thirty-five.
For both of the findings to be accurate, which of the following must be true?
A. More subscribers to Systems who have never ordered merchandise in response to advertisements in the magazine are age thirty-five or over than are under age thirty-five.
B. Among subscribers to Systems, the proportion who are under age thirty-five was considerably lower last year than it is now.
C. Most merchandise orders placed in response to advertisements in Systems last year were placed by Systems subscribers over age thirty-five.
D. Last year, the average dollar amount of merchandise orders placed was less for subscribers under age thirty-five than for those age thirty-five or over.
E. Last year many people who placed orders for merchandise in response to advertisements in Systems were not subscribers to the magazine.

the answer is e. why not a?

GeorgeWBush

看不懂英文，请写中文。

sxmeimei

Your first question:

C, D, they are out of scope. B is right because: at the first beginning of this question,
it mentions   
(1)  "Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused
dramatic increases ", and later on

(2)   " many soybean growers in Ortovia plan to cease growing soybeans and begin raising
cotton instead"

many soybean growers make the  decision (2) based on (1),  only B can make the (1) not
happen, so it weakens the  plan’s (2) chances for success.

Hope my 2 cents  helpful!

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sxmeimei

BTW, good luck to you. Wait for your good news!

+U, +U!!!

sxmeimei

以下是引用GeorgeWBush在2003-11-13 11:28:00的发言：
看不懂英文，请写中文。

What? aren't you the president of US?  Could you please let ETS give us 中文 GMAT? Thanks in advance!

xiang_y

While, as we all know here Bush's English sucks

wcai

我也觉得第二道题答案有点怪怪的,高人指点一二?

nina23

the second question is not complete, But I cannot find the question, I have done this before, wjwjjun,can you paste it again?

I remember the question number is just before the second fact, and the first fact is before the question number( it is a edit mistake).