[求助]OG12 CR104,新题讨论

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104. Although the discount stores in Goreville’s central shopping district are expected to close within fi ve years as aresult of competition from a SpendLess discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the fi ve years since the opening of Colson’s, a nondiscount department store, a new
store has opened at the location of every store in the shopping district that closed because it could not competewith Colson’s.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
(A) Many customers of Colson’s are expected to do less shopping there than they did before the SpendLessstore opened.
(B) Increasingly, the stores that have opened in the central shopping district since Colson’s opened have beendiscount stores.
(C) At present, the central shopping district has as many stores operating in it as it ever had.
(D) Over the course of the next fi ve years, it is expected that Goreville’s population will grow at a faster ratethan it has for the past several decades.
(E) Many stores in the central shopping district sell types of merchandise that are not available at eitherSpendLess or Colson’s.

这个题的原文是什么意思啊，those locations will not stay vacant for long应该怎么理解，谢谢各位NN。

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Goreville's central shopping district are expected to close