新GRE小短文阅读练习题五十一

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Editorial:Pineville's budget is chronically overspent.  Nevertheless, the mayor  claims
that the town can have a new community swimming pool without raising muni-
! ^; X9 h: o3 M4 i! k$ l$ ?4 N( {cipal  taxes, since the pool can be built on available municipal land and the
( X+ h6 @) M* hentire construction debt can be repaid by admission fees alone.  The mayor's
) b7 x; {2 {7 k% M4 T0 fclaim is  wrong, however; building a community pool would require costly road
improvements in the new pool's vicinity, and municipal taxes are Pineville's
+ m, M+ R& ~! t# N3 p6 D' h( Aonly available revenue source.
* i' h8 F) R2 R- EWhich of the following is an assumption on which the editorial's argument
2 `" {% f* L1 g9 E1 ^, _depends?
5 @, [& ]. X6 w; `     A The town of Pineville will not, in the future, succeed in reducing the amount
6 o6 Z- U; j, P& `        by which it overspends its budget annually.  
    B  Pineville does not at present have a community pool that is in use.  
C　 A majority of the residents of Pineville would be willing to pay an admis-
5 u; G. p; e* J        sion fee to use the new community pool.  
D　 The mayor is not well informed about all the costs that construction of a
8 @( `# w  G; {; ?! `        new community pool would involve.  
E　   At least some of the cost of road improvements in the vicinity of the new
        community pool in Pineville would have to be borne by the municipality.  
9 Y4 b8 \. y7 b+ L/ Z# e答案E