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summersmile

To protect certain fledgling industries, the government of country Z banned imports of the types of products those industries were starting to make. As a direct result, the cost of those products to the buyers, several export-dependent industries in Z, went up, sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively in their export markets.

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Which of the following can be most properly inferred from the passage about the products whose importation was banned?

(A) Those products had been cheaper to import than they were to make within country Z’s fledgling industries.

(B) Those products were ones that country Z was hoping to export in its turn, once the fledgling industries matured.

(C) Those products used to be imported from just those countries to which country Z’s exports went.

(D) Those products had become more and more expensive to import, which resulted in a foreign trade deficit just before the ban.

(E) Those products used to be imported in very small quantities, but they were essential to country Z’s economy.

A is the best answer.

B\C\D\E这四个选项我明白为什么错了，但我不明白为什么A对？

In Z, when the government banned imports of certain products the cost of those products rose, so the products must have been cheaper to import than they were to make in Z.

我觉得banned importsàcertain products 数量减少à此产品cost上升??

请指教！！送

mindfree

You are assuming a few things. The argument is quite straightforward: the domestic production was more expensive than import. When import is banned, the cost to buyers went up. This is what we can get directly from the argument without inserting any additional information we assume. Furthermore, where in the argument warrants your assumption that the domestic production could not meet the demand in quantity?

summersmile

偶今天吃完晚饭，就看到mindfree大牛牛的回帖，

where in the argument warrants your assumption that the domestic production could not meet the demand in quantity?

此句问得好，我，无话可说。真是一针见血！谢谢mindfree

爱睡觉的猫

能解释一下９５吗？不太懂．我选的是Ｅ