单选题 Legislator: We should not waste any more of the taxpayers' money on the government's job-creation program. The unemployment rate in this country has actually risen since the program was begun, so the program has clearly been a failure.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the legislator's argument depends?

A、 The budget of the job-creation program has typically increased every year.
B、 The unemployment rate would not have risen even more than it has if the job-creation program had not been in existence.
C、 The unemployment rate is higher now than at any time before the inception of the job-creation program.
D、 If the job-creation program had been run more efficiently, it could have better served its purpose.
E、 (E) Other government programs are no more effective in reducing unemployment than is the job-creation program.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] GRE典型assumption或support结构“A可行或有意义”的无因就无果类。(B)为正确答案。