单选题

Patel: Although enrollment in the region's high school has been decreasing for several years, enrollment at the elementary school has grown considerably. Therefore, the regional school board proposes building a new elementary school.

Quintero: Another solution would be to convertsome high school classrooms temporarily into classroomsfor elementary schoolstudents.

Which of the following, if true, most helpsto support Quintero's alternative proposal？

A、 Some rooms at the high school cannot be con- verted into rooms suitable for the use of ele- mentary school students
B、 The cost of building a high school is higher than the cost of building an elementary school.
C、 Although the birth rate has not increased, the number of families sending their children to the region's high school hasincreased markedly.
D、 A high school atmosphere could jeopardize the safety and self-confidence of elementary school students
E、 Even before the region's high school population began to decrease, several high school classrooms rarely needed to be used.

【正确答案】 E

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