With a record number of new companies starting up in Derderia, and with previously established companies adding many new jobs, a record number of new jobs were created last year in the Derderia economy. This year, previously established companies will not be adding as many new jobs overall as such companies added last year. Therefore, unless a record number of companies start up this year, Derderia will not break its record for new jobs created.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

A. In a given year, new companies starting up create more new jobs on average than do previously established companies.

B. The number of people seeking employment is no larger this year than it was last year.

C. This year, the new companies starting up will not provide substantially more jobs per company than did new companies last year.

D. Previously established companies in Derderia will be less profitable this year than such companies were last year.

E. The number of jobs created in the Derderia economy last year was substantially larger than the number of jobs lost.

答案是C

可以排除的是B people seeking employment; D profitable; E jobs lost。至于A和C，根本看不懂想说什么。。。

A是说：在某一年，新创建的公司比已有的公司有更多的新职位。

C是说：平均来说，一个今年新创建的公司提供的新职位不比一个去年新创建的公司提供的新职位多很多。

1，在给定的一年里，新成立的公司平均比以前成立的公司创造更多的就业机会

3，今年，新建的公司平均每个不会比去年新建的公司多提供多得多的机会。