.Although the discount stores in Goreville’s central shopping district are expected to close within five years as a result of competition from a SpendLess discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the five years since the opening of Colson’s, a non-discount department store, a new store has opened at the

location of every store in the shopping district that closed because it could not compete with Colson’s.

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

(A) Many customers of Colson’s are expected to do less shopping there than they did before the SpendLess store opened.

(B) Increasingly, the stores that have opened in the central shopping district since Colson’s opened have been discount stores. 
(C) At present, the central shopping district has as many stores operating in it as it ever had.

(D) Over the course of the next five years, it is expected that Goreville’s population will grow at a faster rate than it has for the past several decades.

(E) Many stores in the central shopping district sell types of merchandise that are not available at either SpendLess or Colson’s.

大环境：由于一个给的折扣更狠的折扣店的开张，虽然G这个区的折扣店有望在五年内倒闭，

结论：这些倒闭的地方不会长时间空着。

解释这个结论：C店是一个非折扣店，这五年内自从它开张以来，有家新店开张了，正好开张在那些不能与C店竞争而倒闭的店得地址上。

既然是weaken题目，就要证明这些倒闭的地方会长时间空着。

A无关

B对的 思路：C开张---垄断不打折市场，然后预计S来垄断打折市场 然后结论是：虽然打折市场被垄断，还是有新店开张，B这个选项说的是C以来的开的都是折扣店，说明这些折扣店都会被S干掉，所以地方会空着。也就B说的是C店以后的店都会进入一个被S控制的很悲催的打折市场，所以都会被干掉。相当于两个大哥控制两个市场，你小弟无论做折扣还是非折扣都甭想进来，进来就干死你

C加强

D无关，人增加了不一定买东西

E加强了相当于