GWD8-Q13&19

美小波

GWD-8-Q13:

With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia, and with previously established companies adding many new jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderian economy. This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year. Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.

 

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

 

A.      In a given year, new companies starting up create more new jobs on average than do previously established companies.

B.       The number of people seeking employment is no larger this year than it was last year.

C.      This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.

D.      Previously established companies in Derderia will be less profitable this year than such companies were last year.

E.       The number of jobs created in the Derderian economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost.

我就想问问highlight的部分到底是想表达什么。。。我没能明白啊。。。

谢谢啦~~~

GWD-8-Q19: GWD-2-12

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

答案选E，但我觉得C也可以解释啊。。。

因为东西的价格上涨了，所以那些政府给的补助并没让他们过得更好。

谢谢~~~

美小波

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