Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and co...

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Escalating worldwide demand for corn has led to a sharp increase in the market price of corn, and corn prices are likely to remain high. Corn is extensive used as feed for livestock, and because profit margins are tight in the livestock business, many farmers are expected to leave the business. With fewer suppliers, meat prices will surely rise. Nonetheless, observers expect an immediate short-term decrease in meat prices.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the observers' expectation?

A:The increase in corn prices is due more to a decline in the supply of corn than to a growth in demand for it.

B:Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.

C:Some people who ate meat regularly in the past are converting to diets that include little or no meat.

D:As meat prices rise, the number of livestock producers is likely to rise again.

E:Livestock producers who stay in the business will start using feed other than corn more extensively than they did in the past.

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正确答案： B:Generally, farmers who are squeezed out of the livestock business send their livestock to market much earlier than they otherwise would.

B应该是正确答案，短期内【甩卖牛肉】使得短期内【牛肉减价】

（假如我是养牛农）

我：“如今市场对玉米价格上涨，我们养牛的成本也高了，导致我的同行们都打算不养牛了。这么一来，因为没人养牛，牛肉的价格应该上涨了。那么为什么最近牛肉的价格反而下跌了？”

如果原因是我的同行们，小王，小刘，小张统统都打算在【歇业之前】【甩卖掉】他们现在的牛，短期【大量的牛被甩卖】，肉价也回在【短期内减少】

别的选项：

A 【玉米价格上涨的原因】不能解释为什么咱们的牛肉短期内会降价

C 【从此以后很多人不吃牛肉】也不能解释咱们的牛肉短期内会降价

D 【给我们提供牛崽的那些商人增加了】不能解释咱们的牛肉短期内会降价

E 【从此以后我的同行会用别的饲料养牛】不能解释咱们的牛肉短期内会降价

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