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ppyun8318

Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high.  Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business.  With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise.  Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.

 

Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers’ expectation?

 

1. The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.

2. Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.

3. Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.

4. As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.

5. Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past.

这题答案倒底是B还是E呢,为什么呢

takki

是B。牛牛说“对的原因：那些被挤出生意的农民，为结束生意，通常没等livestock长到一定程度就卖掉（因为他们状况一样，被挤出市场时间差不多），从而导致市场短期供应过多而价格短期下降。”

E 应该没有关系把。而且题目说的是short-term，如果换用别的feed就不是short-term了。

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