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Vorland’s government is planning a nationwide ban on smoking in restaurants.  The objection that the ban would reduce restaurants’ revenues is ill founded.  Several towns in Vorland enacted restaurant smoking restrictions five years ago.  Since then, the amount the government collects in restaurant meal taxes in those towns has increased 34 percent, on average, but only 26 percent elsewhere in Vorland.  The amount collected in restaurant meal taxes closely reflects restaurants’ revenues.

Which of the following, if true, most undermines the defense of the government’s plan?

When the state first imposed a restaurant meal tax, opponents predicted that restaurants’ revenues would decline as a result, a prediction that proved to be correct in the short term.

The tax on meals in restaurants is higher than the tax on many other goods and services.

Over the last five years, smoking has steadily declined throughout Vorland.

In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate dining areas where smoking is permitted.

Over the last five years, government revenues from sales taxes have grown no faster in the towns with restaurant smoking restrictions than in the towns that have no such restrictions.

   Answer:

rhod

i chose D. correct ?

kingsoft

   我选D

   原文推理：禁止在饭店吸烟——》预期饭店收入会减少——》事实上饭店餐税增加（收入增加）——》禁止在饭店吸烟不会降低饭店收入

   D说：在大多数的地方的饭店可以维持吸烟，因此饭店收入增加和禁止吸烟不能形成有效的因果关系（削弱）

叮当

I think D is correct.

robertchu

Agree on D.

fair_sword

请NN来看看，我觉得E更好

fair_sword

以下是引用kingsoft在2004-6-25 19:28:00的发言：

   我选D

   原文推理：禁止在饭店吸烟——》预期饭店收入会减少——》事实上饭店餐税增加（收入增加）——》禁止在饭店吸烟不会降低饭店收入

   D说：在大多数的地方的饭店可以维持吸烟，因此饭店收入增加和禁止吸烟不能形成有效的因果关系（削弱）

In many of the towns that restrict smoking in restaurants, restaurants can maintain separate dining areas where smoking is permitted

D和楼上翻译得意思有差异

mindfree

D. The argument is citing the facts to support banning smoking while D points out that smoking restriction might just simply separate non-smoking and smoking areas instead of banning smoking. The link between the fact and the argument is weakened, if not broken.

roggy2002

kingsoft 的解释方式多次多题看到，思路清晰，直击要害，力顶一下！！

呆板彻底

e中sales taxes和题目中meal taxes不同，哀哀，不过当时还是选的e。。