[求助]GWD 2-12

easylau

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

 

Concerned about financial well-being of its elderly citizens, the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension paid to all Runagians over 65.  Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible, and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians.  Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large part because ________.

 

A.       They rely entirely on the government pension for their income

B.        Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks to cash a pension check

C.        They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times of inflation

D.       The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the poverty level reached an all-time high

E.    In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living

 

答案是E，偶怎么也想不明白。请教NN！谢谢

addy

偶不是nn

r政府决定增加养老金金额以补助上了年纪的市民,但结果是即使多领了养老金,年老市民的经济状况也没有什么好转.

E选项是说,因为这些上了年纪的市民财政来源为两部分,一部分是养老金,一部分是由子女补助,而子女的补助标准是除了养老金,再加上自己补助的钱,刚好能让父母生活过得舒适,所以即使养老金增加,但子女补助的减少了,因此年老市民经济状况并没有改变

easylau

啊啊，原来是这个样子滴啊。。。多谢了！

看来偶的理解能力还是有点小问题。。。