104. Although the discount stores in Goreville’s central shopping district are expected to close within fi ve years as aresult of competition from a SpendLess discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the fi ve years since the opening of Colson’s, a nondiscount department store, a new store has opened at the location of every store in the shopping district that closed because it could not competewith 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 SpendLessstore 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 fi ve years, it is expected that Goreville’s population will grow at a faster ratethan it has for the past several decades. (E) Many stores in the central shopping district sell types of merchandise that are not available at eitherSpendLess or Colson’s.
Answer： B
D：代表discount, Non-D: Non-discount
In 5 yrs(在这5年内) : 1 原始：店A存在 2 C(Non-D)进军，店A倒，新店B开张(B replace A) within 5 yrs (未来5年内) 3 D expected to 倒因为S(D)的进军
论点：Location won't be vacant for long (言下之意：将又有新店replace)
一般来讲 D比Non-D更有竞争力 从2 推测出：店A为 Non-D，所以被C打败 从2&3推测：根据时间顺序，店B很可能是D IF 店B为D被同是D的S打败，将无新店和S抗衡了 无新店抗衡：意味着店铺将空置，weaken 了论点 红颜色字体就是ANSWER B
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