1，the excessive number of safety regulation that the federal government has placed on industy poses more serious hardships for big business than for small ones. Since large companies do everything on a more massive scale, they must alter more comples operations and spend much more money to meet government requirements
which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
a, Small companies are less likely than large companies to have the capital reserves for improvements
b, The operations codes are uniform,established without reference to size of company
c, Safety regulation codes are uniform, established without reference to size of company
d, Large companies typically have more of their profits invested in other business than do small companies
e, Large companies are in general more likely than small companies to diversify the markets and products
Why the answer is A? Why not B? is because B and C both can be choosen?
2.Many companies have been pushing for a three-week extension of daylight saving time, which would mean that the sun would continue to set an hour later during the fall months. The owners of chain of convenience stores, for example, expect to gain $15 million a year in additional sales, mostly from the people who tend to ……
(A) stay away from these stores after dark
(B) stay outdoors during the fall months
(C) spend more money in the fall
(D) spend less money in the fall
(E) shop at these stores when they are pressed for time
I can not understand why the answer is A.
3.In recent years, shrimp harvests of commercial fishermen in the South Atlantic have declined dramatically in total weight. The decline is due primarily to competition from a growing number of recreational fishermen, who are able to net young shrimps in the estuaries where they mature.
Which of the following regulatory actions would be most likely to help increase the shrimp harvests of commercial fishermen?
(A) Requiring commercial fishermen to fish in estuaries
(B) Limiting the total number of excursions per season for commercial fishermen
(C) Requiring recreational fishermen to use large-mesh nets in their fishing
(D) Putting an upper limit on the size of the shrimp recreational fishermen are allowed to catch
(E) Allowing recreational fishermen to move out of estuaries into the South Atlantic
The answer is C. how about D?
Please help. Thanks a lot | 
