求解GWD的逻辑题

wangming

1.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?

 

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

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

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

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

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

此题我已经排除了C,D,E。A说的是玉米价格增长的原因，为什么不选A？B的比较根本就没说啊，为什么要选B? 是我把句子理解错了吗？

2. Journalist:  Well-known businessman Arnold Bergeron has long been popular in the state, and he has often talked about running for governor, but he has never run.  However, we have just learned that Bergeron has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for candidacy by submitting a detailed list of his current financial holdings to the election commission.  So, it is very likely that Bergeron will be a candidate for governor this year.

 

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the journalist’s argument?

 

A.      Has anybody else who has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for the upcoming election reported greater financial holdings than Bergeron?

B.       Is submitting a list of holdings the only way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements?

C.      Did the information recently obtained by the journalists come directly from the election commission?

D.      Have Bergeron’s financial holdings increased in value in recent years?不沾

E.       Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections?

E是说以前的选举，没有提到啊，B为什么不对？答案是E. 希望大家给个详细的解释，谢谢啦

hughlv

1. observer's expectation是马上出现猪肉价格短期下降。A跟这个没有关联所以不能选。B则可以推断出因为猪肉的大量上市而会导致价格下降。

2. 选E的原因是判断Bergeron这次是否做了之前从来没做过的竞选准备工作。如果对于E问题的回答为是的话则表示Bergeron还是没做什么特殊的事情，因为之前每次选举他都会干这次但自己又从不参选。我觉得B跟问题没啥关联，是唯一的途径又怎么样？不是又怎么样？都不能证明他会参选的。