6. Demographers doing research for an international economics newsletter claim that the average per capita income in the country of Kuptala is substantially lower than that in the country of Bahlton. They also claim, however, that whereas poverty is relatively rare in Kuptala, over half the population of Bahlton lives in extreme poverty. At least one of the demographers’ claims must, therefore, be wrong.
The argument above is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms?
(A) It rejects an empirical claim about the average per capita incomes in the two countries without making any attempt to discredit that claim by offering additional economic evidence.
(B) It treats the vague term “poverty” as though it had a precise and universally accepted meaning.
(C) It overlooks the possibility that the number of people in the two countries who live in poverty could be the same even though the percentages of the two populations that live in poverty differ markedly.
(D) It fails to show that wealth and poverty have the same social significance in Kuptala as in Bahlton.（E）
(E) It does not consider the possibility that incomes in Kuptala, unlike those in Bahlton, might all be very close to the country’s average per capita income.
There are two parts in the question: 1. per capita income 2. rare poverty and 50% poverty. C only explains the second half of the question. It does nothing to connect the two parts. Only E connects the two and explains why the two are compatible.作者: longshort 时间: 2011-9-30 06:41
mindfree把C的问题解决了。但我不明白E中average per capita income和incomes有什么不同。后者是否说每个人的income?请指教！作者: heywendy 时间: 2011-9-30 21:48
