Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers' expectation?
Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high.Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business.With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise.Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers’ expectation?
A.The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.
B.Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.
C.Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.
D.As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.
E.Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past. 看网上说这道题是美国人也错的逻辑题呢,答案是B 我当时看得时候不是很仔细,觉得乍眼一看C.D.E都像是对的选项,再一看short-term,赶紧把D.E排除了,但是C为什么不能造成短期影响呢?人们饮食习惯都变了。。。。还是说这个不能算是immediate short-term influence