请教大全test I Q9.

dreamflyingS

Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time. A survey in House magazine revealed that 85% of the magazine’s readers are planning to buy a second home over the next few years. A study of the real estate industry, however, revealed that the current supply of homes could only provide for 65% of that demand each year.

9.Which of the following, if true, would undermine the validity of the investment advice in the paragraph above?

(A) Some home owners are satisfied with only one home.

(B) About half of the people who buy homes are investing in their first home.

(C) About half of the people who buy homes have to take out a mortgage to do so.

(D) Only a quarter of the homes that are built are sold within the first two weeks.（E）

(E) Only a quarter of those who claim that they want a second home actually end up purchasing one.

What is the "investment advice"? Is it "Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time"? If so, why is E correct?

kallyli

yes, the investment advice is real estate would be profitable and the demand would exceed supply, while choice E tells us most of the people claim buying a second house would not practically do so and the demand will not exceed the supply.

trifling

Yes, your understanding of the term "investment advice" is correct.

E is correct b/c a quarter of 85% only equals about 21%.  This number of people who are going to buy house when there will be a lot more available. As a result, the market price won't go up, and real estate investment would not be profitable.