多选题 The excessive number of safety regulations that the federal government has placed on industry poses more serious hardships for big businesses than for small ones. Since large companies do everything on a more massive scale, they must alter more complex operations and spend much more money to meet government requirements.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argtument above?
  • A. Small companies are less likely than large companies to have the capital reserve for improvements.
  • B. The operations of small companies frequently rely on the same technologies as the operations of large companies.
  • C. Safety regulation codes are uniform, established without reference to size of company.
  • D. Large companies typically have more of their profits invested in other business than do small companies.
  • E. Large companies are in general more likely than small companies to diversity the markets and products.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题干认为:“规则对大企业更不利,因为大企业复杂,花钱多”。即“规则对小企业更有利,因为小企业花钱少”。选项A指出小企业没有用以改进的储备资金,小企业就必定破产,直接驳斥论述对象。正确答案为A选项。