GWD一题

tongfeibw

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 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?

 

1. Some of the by-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing plants 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

答案是E

我的理解是大量失业农村人口进入城市,不是更加增加了失业率吗 ....

谢谢

紫苏

该题认为取消关税会导致城市失业率上升

答案是说农作物的利润不足使失业率上升

这个应该是给出他因的削弱

easttiger

E的前提是不取消tariff。所以如果不取消tariff，也会增加urban unemployment。原文里政府的观点是如果取消tariff会增加urban unemployment。所以E weaken了gov's argument.