大全中的两题，有点疑问

Michael1983

1. Some communities in Florida are populated almost exclusively by retired people and contain few, if any, families with small children. Yet these communities are home to thriving businesses specializing in the rental of furniture for infants and small children.
Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the seeming discrepancy described above?
(A) The businesses specializing in the rental of children’s furniture buy their furniture from distributors outside of Florida.
(B) The few children who do reside in these communities all know each other and often make overnight visits to one another’s houses.
(C) Many residents of these communities who move frequently prefer renting their furniture to buying it outright.
(D) Many residents of these communities must provide for the needs of visiting grandchildren several weeks a year.
(E) Children’s furniture available for rental is of the same quality as that available for sale in the stores.

答案选A，用排除法就容易就能选出来，但是让我不明白的是为什么retired people去看他们的grandchildren的时候需要rend furniture？

2. Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year. In order to take advantage of this increase, Mammoth Industries plans to expand production of its own model of telephone, while continuing its already very extensive advertising of this product.
Which of the following, if true, provides most support for the view that Mammoth Industries cannot increase its sales of telephones by adopting the plan outlined above?
A(A) Although it sells all of the telephones that it produces, Mammoth Industries’ share of all telephone sales has declined over the last year.
(B) Mammoth Industries’ average inventory of telephones awaiting shipment to retailers has declined slightly over the last year.
(C) Advertising has made the brand name of Mammoth Industries’ telephones widely known, but few consumers know that Mammoth Industries owns this brand.
(D) Mammoth Industries’ telephone is one of three brands of telephone that have together accounted for the bulk of the last year’s increase in sales.
(E) Despite a slight decline in the retail price, sales of Mammoth Industries’ telephones have fallen in the last year.

答案选E,但是我不明白，为什么题目中已经提出"Sales of telephones have increased dramatically over the last year"，怎么选项中用"sales of Mammoth Industries’ telephones have fallen in the last year"来进行否定，太直接了吧？？？

Michael1983

  自己顶一下

gonghao

 Many residents of these communities must provide for the needs of visiting grandchildren several weeks a year.
意思是这些居民必须为一年几个星期回来造访的孙子们提供需求（租家具）

gonghao

第二题注意范围

文章说的是广泛的电话销量增加了，并非说M的销量也增加了。

所以E是对的

A看似对，但是比例的减少不能说明绝对数量的减少，如果基数增大，即使比例减少，还是有市场的。

Michael1983

原来这样，谢谢LS的回答