3. To avoid a hostile takeover attempt, the board of directors of Wellco, Inc., a provider of life and health insurance, planned to take out large loans and use them to purchase a publishing company, a chocolate factory, and a nationwide chain of movie theaters. The directors anticipated that these purchase initially would plunge the corporation deep into debt, rendering it unattractive to those who wanted to take it over, but that steadily rising insurance rates would allow the company to pay off the debt within five years. Meanwhile, revenues from the three new businesses would enable the corporation as a whole to continue to meet its increased operating expenses. Ultimately, according o the directors’ plan, the diversification would strengthen the corporation by varying the sources and schedules of its annual revenues.

Which of the following, assuming that all are equally possible, would most enhance the chances of the plan’s success?

(A) A widespread drought decreases the availability of cacao beans, from which chocolate is manufacture, diving up chocolate prices worldwide.

(B) New government regulations require a 30 percent across-the-board rate rollback of all insurance companies, to begin immediately and to be completed within a five-year period.

(C) Congress enacts a statute, effective after six months, making it illegal for any parent not to carry health insurance coverage for his or her child.

(D) Large-screen televisions drop dramatically in price due to surprise alterations in trade barriers with Japan; movie theater attendance dwindles as a consequence.（C）

(E) A new, inexpensive process is discovered for making paper pulp, and paper prices fall to 60 percent of their former level.

题目要求的是增加这个计划的成功的可能，可是c明显是“利好”哦，怎么会增加这个反收购计划的可能性呢？

我也选了E.

E选项中，纸的成本下降应该可以带来publishing company的利润增加，我觉得使得兼并三家企业后利润更好。

而C选项中，尽管可以得出保险收入可以增加，但是试想，如果被收购方的主营业务突然间有了一个利好预期，且该信息是公众化的，收购方同样知晓，那么，就算被收购方搞出任何的阻挠甚至是毒丸计划，其效果应该都会大打折扣吧。

所以个人觉得E比C更加能够enhance这个plan.