feifei逻辑-14

14. If the government increases its funding for civilian scientific research, private patrons and industries will believe that such research has become primarily the government’s responsibility. When they believe that research is no longer primarily their responsibility, private patrons and industries will decrease their contributions toward research. Therefore, in order to keep from depressing the overall level of funding for civilian scientific research, the government should not increase its own funding.

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

A. Governments should bear the majority of the financial burden of funding for civilian scientific research.

B. Any increase in government funding would displace more private funding for civilian scientific research than it would provide.

C.

rivate donations toward research are no longer welcomed by researchers whose work receives government funding.

D. Civilian scientific research cannot be conducted efficiently with more than one source of funding.

E. funding for civilian scientific research is currently at the highest possible level.

答案是B，可是既然说为了防止总量的减少，所以政府应该不要increase，那么假设应该是政府increase的少于private提供的，因为只有这样才会导致总量减少啊~~可是B好像不是这么说的~~~求助~~（不知道是不是我理解错了~）