Prep-T2-18

[pucka0613]

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The Calex Telecommunications Company is planning to introduce cellular telephone service into isolated coastal areas of Caladia, a move which will require considerable investment. However, the only significant economic activity in these areas is small-scale coffee farming, and none of the coffee farmers make enough money to afford the monthly service fees that Calex would have to charge to make a profit. Nevertheless, Calex contends that making the service available to these farmers will be profitable.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Calex's contention?

(A) Currently, Caladian coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee to local buyers at whatever price those buyers choose to pay because the farmers are unable to remain in contact with outside buyers who generally offer higher prices.
(B) In the coastal areas of Caladia where Calex proposes to introduce cellular telephone service, there is currently no fixed-line telephone service because fixed-line companies do not believe that they could recoup their investment.
(C) A cellular telephone company can break even with a considerably smaller number of subscribers than a fixed-line company can, even in areas such as the Caladian coast, where there is no difficult terrain to drive up the costs of installing fixed lines.
(D) Calex bases its monthly fees for cellular telephone service in a given region partly on the cost of installing the necessary equipment to provide the service there.
(E) Calex has for years made a profit on cellular telephone service in Caladia's capital city, which is not far from the coastal region.


答案A
可是我選C耶 而且我覺得B好像也有點像@@~~
是句意哪裡沒看懂嗎
麻煩好心人解答一下喔^^

[dibert8]

(B) (C) 提到 fix-line, 這是題目無關的.

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

(A)選項,讓我覺得奇怪

題目說農夫沒足夠的前去買這個服務

而(A)說 農夫被迫賣出收購商的價格,這樣不就表示他們可能常常血本無歸
不就更付不出錢買電信服務

我還以為是weaken point

[小花]

(A) Currently, Caladian coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee to local buyers at whatever price those buyers choose to pay because the farmers are unable to remain in contact with outside buyers who generally offer higher prices.

目前, 農夫被迫以較低的價格賣給當地的顧客,只因為農夫無法接觸那些能出較高價格的外來顧客.

支持, 有了電話連絡外來顧客就可賺更多錢

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

多謝小花　一語道醒夢中人

[chris8888]

The Calex Telecommunications Company is planning to introduce cellular telephone service into isolated coastal areas of Caladia, a move which will require considerable investment.
CT公司正規劃引進手機電話服務, 進入這個孤立C郡的海岸區域, 這項行動將會需要大量的投資
However, the only significant economic activity in these areas is small-scale coffee farming, and none of the coffee farmers make enough money to afford the monthly service fees that Calex would have to charge to make a profit.
然而, 這區的唯一經濟活動就是小規模的咖啡農業, 沒有種植咖啡的農夫賺夠多的錢去提供每個月的服務費用, 就是CT公司必要去收費來賺錢的每個月的費用.
Nevertheless, Calex contends that making the service available to these farmers will be profitable.
然而, CT公司斷言 : 讓這服務能夠提供給農夫將視可以獲利的.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Calex's contention?

(A) Currently, Caladian coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee to local buyers at whatever price those buyers choose to pay because the farmers are unable to remain in contact with outside buyers who generally offer higher prices.
文章中提到農夫賺很少錢, 這裡A就說明了原因, 因為他們被迫去賣咖啡給當地的購買者, 而這價格是購買者爽就付多不爽就付少, 會這樣的原因是因為在這孤立的海岸區域, 農夫不能夠接觸到外部的購買者, 而這購買者願意付高價.
(B) In the coastal areas of Caladia where Calex proposes to introduce cellular telephone service, there is currently no fixed-line telephone service because fixed-line companies do not believe that they could recoup their investment.
第二句話已經irrelevant了, 問你可以支持首機服務而賺錢嗎? 卻說固定線路的電話, 離題
(C) A cellular telephone company can break even with a considerably smaller number of subscribers than a fixed-line company can, even in areas such as the Caladian coast, where there is no difficult terrain to drive up the costs of installing fixed lines.
固定線路的問題, 離題了
(D) Calex bases its monthly fees for cellular telephone service in a given region partly on the cost of installing the necessary equipment to provide the service there.
費用來源無關
(E) Calex has for years made a profit on cellular telephone service in Caladia's capital city, which is not far from the coastal region.
距離遠近的問題, 無關乎支持這項賺錢的方法.