Question 12:

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Concerned about financial well-being of its elderly citizens, the government of Runagia

decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension

paid to all Runagians over 65. Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible,

and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians. Nevertheless,

many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large

part because ________.

A. They rely entirely on the government pension for their income

B. Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks to cash a

pension check

C. They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times of inflation

D. The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the

poverty level reached an all-time high

E. In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but

only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living

各位，帮帮忙，答案E是什么意思，好像不通顺。我选了D，为什么不对？

If E, "...children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living," is true, then government's pension increase will be offset by lower income supplement from children, and the elders' total income (gov. pension + children's supplement) will stay the same. So, E provides a good explanation to complete the original passage.

D isn't much relevent to the discussion, and therefore is not a good explanation to complete the passage.