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104.AlthoughthediscountstoresinGoreville’scentralshoppingdistrictareexpectedtoclosewithinfiveyearsasaresultofcompetitionfromaSpendLessdiscountdepartmentstorethatjustopened,thoselocationswillnotstayvacantforlong.InthefiveyearssincetheopeningofColson’s,anon-discountdepartmentstore,anewstorehasopenedatthelocationofeverystoreintheshoppingdistrictthatclosedbecauseitcouldnotcompetewithColson’s.
Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,mostseriouslyweakenstheargument?
(A)ManycustomersofColson’sareexpectedtodolessshoppingtherethantheydidbeforetheSpendLessstoreopened.
(B)Increasingly,thestoresthathaveopenedinthecentralshoppingdistrictsinceColson’sopenedhavebeendiscountstores.B
(C)Atpresent,thecentralshoppingdistricthasasmanystoresoperatinginitasiteverhad.
(D)Overthecourseofthenextfiveyears,itisexpectedthatGoreville’spopulationwillgrowatafasterratethanithasforthepastseveraldecades.
(E)ManystoresinthecentralshoppingdistrictselltypesofmerchandisethatarenotavailableateitherSpendLessorColson’s.
我不理解的是这两个案例之间有什么联系,他们都是Gorevile'scentralshoppingdistrict的店么.我知道他们是类比.spendless和colson's难道开一起了吗,要么为什么在C旁开的新店不能是discountstore