When limitations were in effect on nuclear-arms testing, people tended to save more of their money, but when nuclear-arms testin

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问题 When limitations were in effect on nuclear-arms testing, people tended to save more of their money, but when nuclear-arms testing increased, people tended to spend more of their money. The perceived threat of nuclear catastrophe, therefore, decreases the willingness of people to postpone consumption for the sake of saving money. The argument above assumes that

选项 A、the perceived threat of nuclear catastrophe has increased over the years.
B、most people supported the development of nuclear arms.
C、people’s perception of the threat of nuclear catastrophe depends on the amount of nuclear-arms testing being done.
D、the people who saved the most money when nuclear-arms testing was limited were the ones who supported such limitations.
E、there are more consumer goods available when nuclear-arms testing increases.

答案C

解析 基于观测到的武器试验和人们存钱的倾向之间的相关性,该论述得出结论,认为在威胁的感知和不存钱的倾向之间存在因果关系。(C)假设威胁的感知和完成的试验次数之间的联系是正确的,除非(C)成立,否则这种关系不能成立。该结论并不依赖于感知的威胁随时间而增长或多少人支持发展核武器。因此,并没有假设(A)或(B)。更进一步,该论述同支持武器限制的人或消费品的供应无关,因此,没有假设(D)和(E)。
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