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Why did the author say the House’s complaint w
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Why did the author say the House’s complaint was ridiculous?[A]The reasons it offers are largely insignificant [B]The Clinton-Nickles bill was too expensive. [C]Its tax cuts proposal is even more costly. [D]The estimated cost for the bill iS Just$5 billion. 请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!
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正确答案:C
分析推理题。文章第五段后半部分提到了众议院对Clinton-Nickles法案的抱怨,认为这一法案耗资太大。在最后一句中,作者首先表明了自己的看法:That’Sridiculous(那种说法很荒唐),然后用分词状语说明了原因:consideringthecosts…haveinmind(考虑一下众议院中共和党提出的减税计划的代价吧)。其言下之意很明显:众议院共和党提出的减税计划耗资比Clinton-Nickles法案更大,故他们认为后者耗资大才显得荒唐可笑。这与[C]的意思一致。其余三项都与原文不符,也无法由原文推知。