GMAT考题：Prep2008E1-CR-75

GMAT考题

题库 / Prep2008E1-CR-75

Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the reasoning in the passage?

Kernland's government restricts the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure a low-cost supply for domestic processing plants. Though the policy constrains farm income and limits the number of farmers who can profitably grow cashews, the government defends it on the grounds that, since the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the restrictions would hurt efforts to reduce urban unemployment. However, the policy may actually have contributed to urban unemployment, since __________.

a lack of profitable crops is driving many small cashew farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities

some of the by-products of cashew processing are used as raw materials by other industries located in Kernland's cities

the government does not place similar restrictions on the export of any crop other than cashews

the income earned by workers in the processing plants is generally greater than that earned by agricultural laborers in rural areas

without governmental aid in some form, Kernland's cashew processing plants would not be able to compete for sales in world markets

考题讲解

毕出

情景：Kernland的政府限制了未处理的腰果出口。政府宣称这样可以保证就业率。但是实际上，这个方案可能反而让就业问题更加严重了。

选项分析：

A选项：Correct. 缺乏有利润的庄稼令许多种腰果的农民离开农村到城市找工作。若有很多农民离开农村去城市中工作，则显然城市的就业压力就会更大，就业问题会更严重。

B选项：有些处理腰果带来的副产物被Kernland城市中的其他工业当做原材料。如果处理腰果会有好处，实行原文方案后，肯定会增加这个好处，可以算作一个方案的好处。

C选项：除了腰果之外，政府对于其他的庄稼都没有相似的限制。本选项无关。

D选项：加工农产品挣得钱要比在农村种庄稼挣的多。本选项无关。

E选项：如果政府不以某种形式帮助，Kernland处理后的腰果在国际市场是并没有竞争力。本选项无关。

展开显示