大全test1-11

meimei5656

Partly because of bad weather, but also partly because some major pepper growers have switched to high-priced cocoa, world production of pepper has been running well below worldwide sales for three years. Pepper is consequently in relatively short supply. The price of pepper has soared in response: it now equals that of cocoa.

11. Some observers have concluded that the rise in the price of pepper means that the switch by some growers from pepper to cocoa left those growers no better off than if none of them had switched; this conclusion, however, is unwarranted because it can be inferred to be likely that

(A) those growers could not have foreseen how high the price of pepper would go

(B) the initial cost involved in switching from pepper to cocoa is substantial

(C) supplies of pepper would not be as low as they are if those growers had not switched crops

(D) cocoa crops are as susceptible to being reduced by bad weather as are pepper crops（C）

(E) as more growers turn to growing cocoa, cocoa supplies will increase and the price of cocoa will fall precipitously

一些观察家认为pepper价格上升意味着，从pepper 生产转向cocoa的种植者不会比那些没有转产的人赚得更多，然而，这个结论并不能保证是对的，因为可能推倒存在以下的情况（削弱这个结论）。C: Pepper 的供应量为受到影响，所以价格没变。

可是B,如果转产的成本很高，即使价格上升，仍有可能not better off 呀

D, 如果，cocoa and pepper 同时减产，同时价格上升，也有可能not better off 呀

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以下是引用meimei5656在2005-7-18 6:58:00的发言：

Some observers have concluded that the rise in the price of pepper means that the switch by some growers from pepper to cocoa left those growers no better off than if none of them had switched; this conclusion, however, is unwarranted because it can be inferred to be likely that

(C) supplies of pepper would not be as low as they are if those growers had not switched crops

一些观察家认为pepper价格上升意味着，从pepper 生产转向cocoa的种植者不会比那些没有转产的人赚得更多，

我认为 meimei5656 和 observer 对题干的理解都不准确。

Some observers have concluded that the rise in the price of pepper means that the switch by some growers from pepper to cocoa left those growers no better off than if none of them had switched;

题干应该是将同一拨人在不同的情况下进行比较，即将那些从种辣椒转去种可可的人，在转去种可可以后的情况，与如果没有人转去种可可的话的情况下进行比较。正因为是这样，(C) 选项的虚拟语气（would not be）也是一个正确的标志，即实际上没有人转去种可可这种情况是没有发生的。

observer

楼主的翻译是不是有问题？我觉得问题的翻译是一些观察家认为pepper的价格上升意味着，一些种植者从p到c的转变所留下来的那部分p种植者现在的生活，比起如果没有任何一个人转变的话将不会有任何好转

也就是说在两种情况下的，都是坚定种植p德人的生活状况的比较。所以答案很明显，是d

diatomss

B - "substantial cost" does not mean anything, it has to compare to the potential financial gain or loss as a result of swtiching from pepper to cocao; if the switching cost is still higher than the positive gain from producing cocao, it is no BETTER OFF; if the switch cost is still less than the positive gain from producing cocao, it is BETTER OFF.

D - same principal, if weather is bad, it favors neither pepper no cocao, like you said, both will yeild a lower production, but no comparison between them two, pepper could be either BETTER OFF or NOT, depends on who is affected more severely.

C - If those growers had not switched, supplies of peppers would have been higher, price would have been stable (but not increase), so the growers would not have been BETTER OFF, for sure.