In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase

from five Kirlandic dollars(KD5.00) Per hour to KD5.50 per hour. Opponents of

this increase have argued that the resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation

rate up. In fact its impact on wages will probably be negligible, since only a

very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than

KD5.50 per hour.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Most people in kirlandia who are currently earning the minimum wage have

been employed at their current jobs for less than a year.

B. Some firms in Kirlandia have paid workers considerably less than KD5.00

per hour, in violation of kirlandic employment regulations.

C. Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must

reward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay level

of trainees.

D. The greatest growth in Kirlandia’s economy in recent years has been in

those sectors where workers earn wages that tend to be much higher

than the minimum wage.

E The current minimum wage is insufficient for a worker holding only one job

to earn enough to support a family ,even when working full time at that job.

答案是B，但是我觉得应该选C，请大家讨论。

bc都读不太懂,反正b中是说了钱的事情了,好了有关,d奖励什么乱78糟的,和原文哪有关?

I will try to explain:

Let's think about how this small portion of people receiving wages below KD 5.5 can drive the inflation rate up?

Inflation rate is accounted by two factors-the number of people*the wage increase of each person.

Now the statement has clearly pointed out that the number of people is small,so it indicates that the wage increase should be large.

B justifies