GWD-2-Question 12

fanstar1987

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

请问这题选什么...我选择D答案E

我的理解：政府养老金发放总数上升百分之二十，而需要养老金的老人的增长大大超过，导致平均到每个人的少了

不知道谁的答案的解释：子女会补助老人，但是只保证一个安逸的生活，政府发的多了，子女就给的少了，总数还是没有变化

请教一下确切的解释....

拜谢了..

jetking

实际就是为了说明保险金和老人的生活无关。

因为老人的生活是由子女供养，而且子女目前只能提供一个comfortable的生活，还达不到better off 。

所以你发放保险金无用。

这道题的关键就是不要习惯性地进入了我们自己的逻辑和思维，呵呵。

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