作者:英吉
According to the Tristate Transportation Authority, making certain improvements to the main commuter rail line would increase ridership dramatically. The authority plans to finance these improvements over the course of five years by raising automobile tolls on the two highway bridges along the route the rail line serves. Although the proposed improvements are indeed needed, the authority's plan for securing the necessary funds should be rejected because it would unfairly force drivers to absorb the entire cost of something from which they receive no benefit.
Which of the following, if true, would cast the most doubt on the effectiveness of the authority's plan to finance the proposed improvements by increasing bridge tolls?
(A) Before the authority increases tolls on any of the area bridges, it is required by law to hold public hearings at which objections to the proposed increase can be raised.
(B) Whenever bridge tolls are increased, the authority must pay a private contractor to adjust the automated toll-collecting machines.
(C) Between the time a proposed toll increase is announced and the time the increase is actually put into effect, many commuters buy more tokens than usual to postpone the effects of the increase.
(D) When tolls were last increased on the two bridges in question, almost 20 percent of the regular commuter traffic switched to a slightly longer alternative route that has since been improved.
(E) The chairman of the authority is a member of the Tristate Automobile Club that has registered strong opposition to the proposed toll increase.
题目分析:A说在当局采取行动之前,需要举行听证会,没说过这个事情,杀。B当局增加tolls的时候,必须购买一个设备来调节toll-collecting machines,没说过,杀。C选项说当局宣布方案和方案实行之间,很多人购买较多的token来推迟政府这个政策产生的效果,没说,杀。D说当toll增加还在讨论的时候,很多人采用别的交通方式了,这不就是把其他出口打开的驳斥方法嘛,留着。E说当局主席是一个俱乐部的会员,而该俱乐部强烈反对增加toll,没说,杀,