og-45 请教

zcx

The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it will remain so. In the United States this year, the total amount of tobacco sold by tobacco-farmers has increased, even though the number of adults who smoke has decreased.

Each of the following, if true, could explain the simultaneous increase in tobacco sales and decrease in the number of adults who smoke EXCEPT:

(A) During this year, the number of women who have begun to smoke is greater than the number of men who have quit smoking.

(B) The number of teen-age children who have begun to smoke this year is greater than the number of adults who have quit smoking during the same period.

(C) During this year, the number of nonsmokers who have begun to use chewing tobacco or snuff is greater than the number of people who have quit smoking.

(D) The people who have continued to smoke consume more tobacco per person than they did in the past.（A）

(E) More of the cigarettes made in the United States this year were exported to other countries than was the case last year.

没人问这题，但简单了，但是偶想确认一下：D,E 两个选项直说了tabocco量的增加，没有说人的减少，可是题目问的是simultaneous,这好像与题干不符啊？当然A更直接一点

mindfree

D and E do not have to mention the two phenomena to be the right answer. They simply can explain why what the question described happened. One example:

I ate a lot for dinner. But the food in the fridge is untouched. Why? I dined out.

zcx

偶笨，还是没明白为什么不需要直接说，可以说的明白些么？

cocoabean

懂了,谢谢!

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