og12 cr-22 几个选项不明白。望NN赐教

alicejingli

22.Plan: Concerned about the welfare of its senior
citizens, the government of Runagia decided two years
ago to increase by 20 percent the government-
provided pension paid to all Runagians age sixty-five
and older.

Result: Many Runagian senior citizens are no better off
financially now than they were before the increase.

Further information: The annual rate of inflation since
the pension increase has been below 5 percent, and
the increased pension has been duly received by all
eligible Runagians.

In light of the further information, which of the
following, if true, does most to explain the result that
followed implementation of the plan?

(A)The majority of senior citizens whose financial
position has not improved rely entirely on the
government pension for their income.

(B)The Runagian banking system is so inefficient
that cashing a pension check can take as much
as three weeks.

(C)The prices of goods and services that meet the
special needs of many senior citizens have
increased at a rate much higher than the rate of
inflation.

(D)The pension increase occurred at a time when
the number of Runagians age sixty-five and older
who were living below the poverty level was at
an all-time high.

(E)The most recent pension increase was only the
second such increase in the last ten years.
这几个选项都不怎么明白。希望能给我分析下。谢谢

zcooles

C is the answer, since the senior might have to pay 20% more than before on these essential goods for them.

sunflower88

请教为什么pay 20% more than before?

newolder

The prices of goods and services that meet the special needs of many senior citizens have increased at a rate much higher than the rate of inflation.

We know the rate of inflation is 5%. If the above goods and services have increased at a rate much higher than the rate of inflation, then the increase has to be much higher than 5% and COULD be close to or even higher than 20%.  Answer (C) simply provides one possible reason why the pension increase does not make the seniors better off than before since the increase in goods and services couter-ballanced the increase of pension benefit.

citidandan

c哦 还挺明显的哦 因为最然没有通货膨胀 老年人的消费品涨的很快 补贴就被消化掉了