大家帮忙来看条OG CR吧.虽然现在大概能明白选A,但是还是有那么点想不明白. 183.Editorial: Regulations recently imposed by the government of Risemia call for unprecedented reductions in the amounts of pollutants manufacturers are allowed to discharge into the environment. It will take costly new pollution control equipment requiring expensive maintenance to comply with these regulations. Resultant price increases for Risemian manufactured goods will lead to the loss of some export markets. Clearly, therefore, annual exports of Risemian manufactured goods will in the future occur at diminished levels. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the editorial?
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument in the editorial? (A) The need to comply with the new regulations will stimulate the development within Risemia of new pollution control equipment for which a strong worldwide demand is likely to emerge. (B) The proposed regulations include a schedule of fines for noncompliance that escalate steeply in cases of repeated noncompliance. (C) Savings from utilizing the chemicals captured by the pollution control equipment will remain far below the cost of maintaining the equipment. (D) By international standards, the levels of pollutants currently emitted by some of Risemia’s manufacturing plants are not considered excessive. (E) The stockholders of most Risemia’s manufacturing corporations exert substantial pressure on the corporations to comply with environmental laws.
188.When demand for a factory’s products is high, more money is spent at the factory for safety precautions and machinery maintenance than when demand is low. Thus the average number of on-the-job accidents per employee each month should be lower during periods when demand is high than when demand is low and less money is available for safety precautions and machinery maintenance.
Which of the following, if true about a factory when demand for its products is high, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above? (A) Its employees ask for higher wages than they do at other times. (B) It s management hires new workers but lacks the time to train them properly. (C) Its employees are less likely to lose their jobs than they are at other times. (D) Its management sponsors a monthly safety award for each division in the factory. (E) Its old machinery is replaced with moderns, automated models. (E) Its old machinery is replaced with moderns, automated models.
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