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2段： 举例说明一些公司将多余的存货倾倒遭到媒体的批评（在他们浪费的同时，有各种难民等待救济）。

3段：The managers of these companies are not deliberately wasteful; they are simply unaware of all their alternatives. 1976年PASS 了一个法，为捐赠的公司减税。

187. By asserting that manufacturers " are simply unaware", the author suggests which of the following?

A Manufacturers might donate inventory to charity rather than dump it if they knew about the provision in the federal tax code.

D The manufacturers of products disposed of by dumping are unawqre of the needs of those people who would find the products useful.

the answer is A.

我觉得应该是从前文推出D，怎么会是从下文找呢？

asasasas1

原文: they are simply unaware of all their alternatives

解该题对alternatives的理解是一个关键. 这里的alternatives指的是above-cost federal tax, 而不是the needs of those people who would find the products useful.

hedgeforfun

The managers of these companies are not deliberately

wasteful; they are simply unaware of all their alternatives

因为前面一直在说dump对公司的好处，for the managers, the most important thing is the benifits of their companies! thus, the side-product of dumping is "not deliberately wast". here, ";" is very important i think. it somewhat means "while". in D, are unawqre of the needs of those people who would find the products useful. 没有意识到public的需求是不对的。因为原文说not deliberately，就是说dumping不是故意的，是因为为了公司的利益，他们没有别的办法，毕竟dumping 有很多好处