题目
The Kalladian Labor Statistics Bureau keeps track of wage rates in 25 foreign countries. In one of these countries, Ellmark, hourly wages for manufacturing workers declined last year by 31 percent, calculated in Kalladian florins; no other country registered as large a decline. In Ellmark last year, however, hourly wages for manufacturing workers actually increased in terms of Ellmark’ national currency.
If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?
选项
A.In terms of the national currency of Ellmark, hourly wages for manufacturing workers in Kalladia declined last year.
B.Last year, in none of the 25 countries did hourly wages for manufacturing workers increase in terms of the Kalladian florin(B)Last year, in none of the 25 countries did hourly wages for manufacturing workers increase in terms of the Kalladian florin.
C.In Ellmark last year, hourly wages for workers not in manufacturing declined in terms of Ellmark’s national currency.
D.Last year, hourly wages for manufacturing workers in each of the 25 countries increased in terms of their respective national currencies.
E.The value of Ellmark’s national currency decreased relative to that of the Kalladian florin.
解析
Kalladian劳工统计局追踪25个外国的工资率。在其中一个叫Ellmark的国家,以Kalladian弗洛林计算,制造业工人的小时工资去年下降了31%,没有其他国家有如此大幅度的下降。然而在Ellmark去年,以Ellmark本国货币计算,制造业工人的小时工资实际上是增加的。
- **论据**:在Ellmark这个国家,以Kalladian弗洛林算制造业工人小时工资去年大幅下降,而以本国货币算却实际增加。
- **待推出结论**:基于上述现象可以推断出两种货币之间的价值关系。
- **正确答案方向**:正确答案应该是能够合理地根据已知的Ellmark国家两种货币计算工资的不同情况,推断出关于Ellmark本国货币和Kalladian弗洛林之间价值关系的表述。
- **A选项**:以Ellmark的本国货币计算,Kalladia的制造业工人小时工资去年下降了。
- **分析**:题干中未提及Kalladia本国货币计算下制造业工人工资情况,无法得出该结论,所以该选项不正确。
- **B选项**:去年,在这25个国家中,没有一个国家的制造业工人小时工资以Kalladian弗洛林计算是增加的。
- **分析**:题干仅提到Ellmark以Kalladian弗洛林计算工资下降幅度最大,并未提及其他24个国家以Kalladian弗洛林计算工资的整体增减情况,所以该选项不正确。
- **C选项**:去年在Ellmark,非制造业工人的小时工资以Ellmark本国货币计算下降了。
- **分析**:题干未提及Ellmark非制造业工人工资情况,所以该选项不正确。
- **D选项**:去年,这25个国家中每个国家的制造业工人小时工资以其各自本国货币计算都增加了。
- **分析**:题干仅提供了Ellmark国家的工资情况,对于其他24个国家以各自本国货币计算的工资变化情况一无所知,所以该选项不正确。
- **E选项**:Ellmark本国货币相对于Kalladian弗洛林贬值了。
- **分析**:因为以Kalladian弗洛林算Ellmark制造业工人工资大幅下降,而以Ellmark本国货币算工资是增加的,这意味着同样的工资,用Kalladian弗洛林表示变少了,用Ellmark本国货币表示变多了,所以可以推断出Ellmark本国货币相对于Kalladian弗洛林贬值了,该选项正确。
综上所述,正确答案是E。