Question

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题目： According to ancient records, the first tax that the government of Selea imposed on a basic commodity was a tax of two centima coins on every jar of cooking oil sold in Selea. Tax records show that despite a stable population and strict enforcement of tax laws, revenues from the oil tax declined steeply over the first two years that the tax was in effect. Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the decline in Selean oil-tax revenues?
选项：
(A) During the decade following the implementation of the tax, the average household income in Selea rose steadily.
(B) Two years after implementing the tax on cooking oil, the Selean government began to implement taxes on numerous other basic commodities.
(C) Jars of cooking oil were traditionally bought as wedding gifts in Selea at the time the tax went into effect, and gifts of cooking oil increased after the implementation of the tax.
(D) After the tax was imposed., Selean merchants began selling cooking oil in larger jars than before.
(E) Few Selean households began to produce their own cooking oil after the tax was imposed

正确答案是D 为啥呢？
非常感谢各位！
好吧 自己搞明白了 是没看清larger jars 把它理解为数量更多了 原来是瓶子变大 数量变少了 ORZ 麻烦各位了

Answer 1

题目基本意思是：政府为一种cooking oil收税，方式是每卖出一jar就收一定的钱，但是在这之后，cooking oil的销量提高了，但税收却下降了，问为什么。答案就是D啊，卖cooking oil的人换了大瓶子来卖，所以销量上升了，税收却下降了。

Answer 2

您选的是什么呢，D应该是正确的没错，题里说尽管税法严格执行，但是税收却下降了，因为税法规定是按销售的罐数收税，所以D里说，商人开始用更大的罐子，这样需求不变的话销售量就会降低，税收就会减少。而其他选项对应的结果不是想法的情况，就是无关的情况。希望对你有帮助，欢迎追问或深度探讨！

Answer 3

原文中 two centima coins on every jar of cooking oil sold in Selea。因为政府对食用油的税收是按照瓶/罐来的，不是质量。不管瓶大瓶小都是两个硬币。比如同样体积或者质量的一堆油，用大瓶子装肯定用的瓶子少，相应的交纳的税就少了。

Answer 4

直接原因当然是卖的jar数量少了，但是人口没有减少，也就是说油的消耗量还应该是那么多，所以只能是jar变大了。当然也有可能是油的消耗量小了。

Answer 5

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