34. Although the school would receive financial benefits if it had soft drink vending machines in the cafeteria, we should not allow them. Allowing soft drink machines there would not be in our students' interest. If our students start drinking more soft drinks, they will be less healthy.
The argument depends on which of the following?

A、 If the soft drink vending machines were placed in the cafeteria, students would consume more soft drinks as a result.
B、 The amount of soft drinks that most students at the school currently drink is not detrimental to their health.
C、 Students are apt to be healthier if they do not drink soft drinks at all than if they just drink small amounts occasionally.
D、 Students will not simply bring soft drinks from home if the soft drink vending machines are not placed in the cafeteria.
E、 The school's primary concern should be to promote good health among its students.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 Argument Construction
Situation Allowing soft drink vending machines in a school cafeteria would financially benefit the school,
but students who drink more soft drinks would become less healthy.
Reasoning What must be true in order for the claim that students drinking more soft drinks would cause them to
become less healthy to justify the conclusion that soft drink vending machines should not be allowed in
the cafeteria? The argument is that because drinking more soft drinks would be unhealthy for the
students, allowing the vending machines would not be in the students' interest, so the vending
machines should not be allowed. This reasoning depends on the implicit factual assumption that
allowing the vending machines would result in the students drinking more soft drinks. It also
depends on the implicit value judgment that receiving financial benefits should be less important
to the school than preventing a situation that would make the students less healthy.
A Correct. If the cafeteria vending machines would not result in students consuming more soft drinks, then allowing the machines would not harm the students' health in the way the argument assumes.
B Even if the amount of soft drinks the students currently drink were unhealthy, enabling the students to drink more could make them even less healthy.
C Even if drinking small amounts of soft drinks occasionally would not harm the students, vending machines in the cafeteria could lead the students to drink excessive amounts.
D Even if students who cannot buy soft drinks in the cafeteria sometimes bring them from home instead, adding vending machines in the cafeteria could increase the students' overall soft drink consumption.
E A concern does not have to be the primary one in order to be valid and important. It could be held that promoting students' good health should not be the schools' primary concern but should still be a more important concern than the financial benefits from the vending machines.
The correct answer is A.