OG12-041

Eileenl

41. Which of the following best completes the passage below?
When the products of several competing suppliers are perceived by consumers to be essentially the same,
classical economics predicts that price competition will reduce prices to the same minimal levels and all
suppliers’ profits to the same minimal levels. Therefore, if classical economics is true, and given suppliers’
desire to make as much profit as possible, it should be expected that .
(A) in a crowded market widely differing prices will be charged for products that are essentially the same as
each other
(B) as a market becomes less crowded as suppliers leave, the profits of the remaining suppliers will tend to
decrease
(C) each supplier in a crowded market will try to convince consumers that its product differs significantly from
its competitors’ products.
(D) when consumers are unable to distinguish the products in a crowded market, consumers will judge that
the higher-priced products are of higher quality
(E) suppliers in crowded markets will have more incentive to reduce prices and thus increase sales than to
introduce innovations that would distinguish their product from their competitors’ products
Argument
d和E怎么不对了？

lxw19

答案选C吧~~

题目中最后问的是，为了得到最大的利益，商家应该怎么做？也就是说可以理解为“最佳做法”题~~

D中是从consumer的角度来讲的，并且并没有指出怎么样才会获得最大利益，无关

E中虽然是从suppliers的角度讲的，但是E中强调的是低价战比innovation要好，而题目中明确说了make as much profit as possible，低价战是不可能达到这个效果的~~只有C，当商家的商品和其他的商品与众不同的时候，就会凸现出商品的优势。。。因而获得最大利益。。。

Eileenl

Ok。谢啦