GWD-8-Q19: GWD-2-12

rockytundra

GWD-8-Q19: GWD-2-12

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

怎么看哪个都不像阿。

jasoncz1

题目是问给予以上信息, 作者断定什么.  你看最后一句话是Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before increase, 你找的就是为什么增加退休金后, 老人的生活还是没有以前好. 

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

这个选择说明了老人其实都是靠孩子补贴来生存, 但孩子补贴费只是供到老人生活可以过为止. 说明当老人的退休金增加, 孩子的补贴就减少, 老人的总共经费还是一样多, 那么生活当然还是象以前一样. 

ashleyyuan

請問 

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

錯在哪?

yanghonglin

这个和题目中的“inflation in the intervening period has been negligible”矛盾，一般错误选项中都有这种类型

rucky521

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芫荽蘸酱油

对的！

moonlolita

天哪我还以为c是说的排除了inflation后才有的价格实际上升而不是名义上升呢……没想到他会这么出题，直接和原文明显矛盾……