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孤独狂欢

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

答案给E。可是原文没有说别的补助使老人的生活达到一个平均的水平，政府就会相应的减少补助。那么政府应该是照样给补助的，那么E选项的话，不是使老人的生活水平提高了吗？

而C，原文说通胀不计，没说是老人常买的东西的通胀吧？，那选项说老人常买的东西通胀很大，不是可以使得老人生活水平下降吗？

哪位NN来解答下啊！！

hughlv

从E中可以得出的重要信息是，一旦政府提高了对这些老人的补贴，那么老人的儿女们就会相应的减少补助来让老人所拿到的总额是固定的。这就导致了老人的生活水平在政府补助提高后并不会有实质性提高的结果。

LZ对C的理解有些钻牛角尖了。题干中已经讲了通涨可忽略不计，那么即使老人们买的东西在通涨不能忽略时会上涨很快，在通涨可忽略的情况下并不会有明显的价格上升。

孤独狂欢

根据原文信息，只要政府给的增加，那老人得到的就是增加啊。和老人的儿女给的多少有什么关系呢。原文没说老人得到的补助是政府给的和儿女给的之和啊

jinqijia

那如果按照lz的说法，这个通胀率还得给我们呢，否则就只知道收入提高20%怎么判断C是否正确啊。这题lz想多了，E中的but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living就是说子女只提供老人到他们能维持正常生活的那点钱为止。本来老人需要十块，本来政府出两块，子女出八块；现在政府给到了四块，那子女就出六块。10块，是不变的。因此，many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase

孤独狂欢

有点转过来了，但还是很难真正明白。

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/9/6 20:28:10编辑过]

melodyflying

这样理解 老人一个月的 comfortable living生活费=政府补贴+儿女supplement

因为儿女给老人的钱就是保证他们可以comfortable living 因而在政府补贴增加时 儿女的supplement就会减少

因为他们的标准就是可以comfortable living 所以老人每月得到的钱实际没变 不过构成变了 增加了政府的比例

owenwei

这题我也做错了，因为在og12里见到过类似的题，所以想当然的选了c，但是仔细看了两道题目的区别，发现e在这道题里更好。

og12-22

plan:

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. 

result:

many of them are no better off financially than they were before

further information:

annual inflation < 5%, and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians. 

which of the following does most explain?

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 have increased at a rate much higher than the rate of inflation.

D.     The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the poverty level reached an all-time high

E.    The most recent pension increase was only the second increase in the last ten years.

foxgreat

但是我觉得E选项有一个问题，

假设comfort living level是 800块。老人的政府补助是700块，子女补助100块。政府增加补助之后，政府补助840，子女补助0. 老人依旧会financially better off。

所以E选项必须建立在一个很重要的假设上才成立。那就是老人的financial resource is largely provided by their children in that country.

当然我也同意C选项欠缺的地方。只是想把E选项这个想法提出来大家讨论一下。