74.   Small-business groups are lobbying to defeat proposed federal legislation that would substantially raise the federal minimum wage. This opposition is surprising since the legislation they oppose would, for the first time, exempt all small businesses from paying any minimum wage.

Which of the following, if true, would best explain the opposition of small-business groups to the proposed legislation?

(A) Under the current federal minimum-wage law, most small businesses are required to pay no less than the minimum wage to their employees.

(B) In order to attract workers, small companies must match the wages offered by their larger competitors, and these competitors would not be exempt under the proposed laws.

(C) The exact number of companies that are currently required to pay no less than the minimum wage but that would be exempt under the proposed laws is unknown.

(D) Some states have set their own minimum wages—in some cases, quite a bit above the level of the minimum wage mandated by current federal law—for certain key industries.

(E) Service companies make up the majority of small businesses and they generally employ more employees per dollar of revenues than do retail or manufacturing businesses.

 B正确
小公司至少要支付和大公司一样的薪水才能吸引人才。所以大公司支付的越少，小公

司需要支付的也就越少。但是B说在新法律提案中大公司并没有被豁免。所以大公司

的至少要付出Minimumu薪水，这样以来小公司也要提高自己的薪水才能吸引人才。所

以最低薪水提案中给小公司豁免这项规定对小公司反而是个伤害。这就是为什么题目

中的小公司会反对这项提案。

B和原文多没有提到中大公司有没有被豁免

你是怎么的出来的，这样解释虽然有道理但原文并没有给出，若要按你说的新法律提案中大公司并没有被豁免，原文因改为not exempt all large businesses from paying any minium wage.