GWD-TN-13 T-9-Q2

happyself

Kernland imposes ahigh tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure thatthe nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashew were sold at world market prices, more farmers couldprofit by growing cashews. However, since all the processing plants are inurban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government‘s effortto reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.

Which of thefollowing, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A.   Some of the by-products of processingcashews are used for manufacturing plants and plastics

B.   Other countries in which cashews areprocessed subsidize their processing plants

C.   More people in kernland are engaged infarming cashews than in processing them

D.   Buying unprocessed cashews at lower thanworld market prices enables cashew processors in kernland to sell processednuts at competitive prices

E.    A lack of profitable crops is drivingan increasing number of small farmers in kernland off their land andinto the cities

谁能帮我解释一下题目原来的逻辑链？ However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government‘s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.这个结论怎么来的？里面说如果取消了税，种地就赚钱了，那么农民都会回去种地，那么城镇的失业率就不会减少了。这里我不是很明白，农民都去种地了，肿么还失业率不减反增呢？？这个逻辑链本身不明白耶。谢谢

happyself

自己顶一下

unimelb86

with tariff==> sell crops to domestic processing plants at low price ==> low urban unemployment rate

w/o tariff (lifted) ==> sell crops in global market at high price ==> more people grow crops ==> no crops sold to domestic plants ==> plant worker lose jobs ==> high unemployment rate

weaken..

low price of crop sold to domestic processing plant ==> less incentive for farmer to grow crops ==> farmers flood into city for jobs ==> contributing urban unemployment.

hope it helps.

happyself

with tariff==> sell crops to domestic processing plants at low price ==> low urban unemployment rate

w/o tariff (lifted) ==> sell crops in global market at high price ==> more people grow crops ==> no crops sold to domestic plants ==> plant worker lose jobs ==> high unemployment rate

weaken..

low price of crop sold to domestic processing plant ==> less incentive for farmer to grow crops ==> farmers flood into city for jobs ==> contributing urban unemployment.

hope it helps.

-- by 会员 unimelb86 (2011/5/13 17:35:28)

it works~thank you!

Memery

ohter reasons weaken the conclusion... thanks thanks...