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beckybear

Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants.If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews.However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?


A.Some of the by-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing paints and plastics.

B.Other countries in which cashews are processed subsidize their processing plants.

C.More people in Kernland are engaged in farming cashews than in processing them.

D.Buying unprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processors in Kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices.

E.A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities.


这题答案是E，但是我百思不得其解，如果E对那为什么C不对？还有E对于城镇的失业率有什么直接关系么？我的理解是政府加高出口税就是为了能够先保证国内供给，不知道对不对