[求助]难题请教

sunandmoon

Q5:

Vorland’s government is planning a nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants.  The objection that the ban would reduce restaurants’ revenues is ill founded.  Several towns in Vorland enacted restaurant smoking restrictions five years ago.  Since then, the amount the government collects in restaurant meal taxes in those towns has increased 34 percent, on average, but only 26 percent elsewhere in Vorland.  The amount collected in restaurant meal taxes closely reflects restaurants’ revenues.

 

Which of the following, if true, most undermines the defense of the government’s plan?

 

1. When the state first imposed a restaurant meal tax, opponents predicted that restaurants’ revenues would decline as a result, a prediction that proved to be correct in the short term.
2. The tax on meals in restaurants is higher than the tax on many other goods and services.
3. Over the last five years, smoking has steadily declined throughout Vorland.
4. In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate dining areas where smoking is permitted.
5. Over the last five years, government revenues from sales taxes have grown no faster in the towns with restaurant smoking restrictions than in the towns that have no such restrictions.

Ans : D.  我选E。why?

三十以后

D,因为那些town虽然restrict smoking,但实际上吸烟的人仍然可以到饭馆边吃饭边抽烟，因此餐厅的revenue并没有受到影响

而新的"nationwide ban" 会禁止在饭馆内吸烟，所以吸烟的人就是不可以在饭馆吸烟，所以他们可能选择不再饭馆吸烟，因而餐厅的revenue可能下降

E说的是government revenue from sales tax，是一个比resturent tax更大的概念，所以跟题目关系很小。

viviz

刚刚开始看GMAT一周，

我也选D，但我只能从排除其他四个选项的角度把这道题作出来，从 a nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants中，有没有吸烟区我看不出来。

A。When the state first imposed a restaurant meal tax, opponents predicted that restaurants’ revenues would decline as a result, a prediction that proved to be correct in the short term.
    

对另一件事的预期以及后果，与戒烟无关。

B。The tax on meals in restaurants is higher than the tax on many other goods and services.
    

无关。

C。Over the last five years, smoking has steadily declined throughout Vorland

无关。 

D。In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate dining areas where smoking is permitted.
    

暂时保留

E。Over the last five years, government revenues from sales taxes have grown no faster in the towns with restaurant smoking restrictions than in the towns that have no such restrictions.

好像跟原文意思相反，对于饭店的sales texes和meal taxes我认为不是主要的问题。

当把ABCE都排除之后就只好选D了，这是我的思路，不知道对不对？