GWD 3-2 的答案

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Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants.  If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews.  However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.

 Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

 Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

 Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

1. Some of the by-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing paints and plastics.

2. Other countries in which cashews are processed subsidize their processing plants.

3. More people in Kernland are engaged in farming cashews than in processing them.

4. Buying unprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processors in Kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices.

5. A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities.

个人看法：argument是没有高关税的话会影响降低失业率---〉会增加失业率---〉高关税会降低失业率。

                    回到前面，说高关税使农民把未加工的 nut 卖给 国内的加工厂。而加工厂一般都在市区，于是市区的工人有事情做，失业率下降。E 选项说高关税让农民没利润，于是他们都往市区跑。 也就是说他们不会卖给加工厂，不仅加工厂的工人没事做，市区又多了一些无业农民，所以WEAKEN。

bandito

E是唯一直接涉及到了失业的选项。正确答案是什么？这题不难啊？

dangdddddd

第一，这里没有“失业率”的问题，只有“urban unemployment ”城市失业（人数）的问题。 (没有“率”）

第二，A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities

人都不种地跑城里去了，需要就业的人口就增加了。反之，如果大家都因为有钱挣去种地了，城里就业压力就小了（需要就业的人少了），失业的人不一定会增加。削弱

这里没有工人和农民的户籍概念，顺便抨击一下万恶的户籍制度