16: GWD-29-Q8 模考错误Which of the following, if true, provides evidencethat most logically completes the argument below?
According to a widely held economichypothesis,imposingstrict environmental regulations reduces economic growth. This hypothesis is undermined by the factthat the states with the strictest environmental regulations also have thehighest economic growth. This fact doesnot show that environmental regulations promote growth, however, since ______.
A. those states withthe strictest environmental regulations invest the most in education and jobtraining
B. even those states that have only moderately strictenvironmental regulations have higher growth than those with the least-strictregulations
C. many states that are experiencing reduced economic growthare consideringweakening their environmental regulations
D. after introducing stricter environmental regulations, manystates experienced increased economic growth
E. even those states with very weak environmentalregulations have experienced atleast some growth
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Common sense: Investment in Education and Job Training promotes growth in Economy.
C only says the those government are CONSIDERING deregulation. It does not prove that deregulation PROMOTES or WILL PROMOTE growth.
There is another facet of the problem one needs to consider: the main conclusion.
The author agrees with the widely held hypothesis and he is trying to refute an undermining evidence (most strict regulation is associated with the highest growth.) His conclusion is that "This fact does not show that environmental regulations promote growth," and your job is to find a premise which supports this main conclusion.
If you choose C, you are against the author's conclusion.
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