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City Official: In order to benefit the local economy, it is clear that our city needs to build a new soccer stadium. Our current stadium has a capacity of 40,000 and every game sells out. It is estimated that there are enough fans to buy an additional 20,000 tickets for each game, so some people are proposing a stadium with 60,000 seats. However, I recommend we build a stadium with a capacity of 80,000, even though it will be much more expensive, This larger stadium will provide the greatest future benefit to the local economy, because _________.
Which of the following logically completes the sentence?
A. some of the games will still sell the full 80,000 tickets, especially if two popular teams are playing
B. some of the buyers of tickets don’t care much about the price
C. bigger stadiums look more impressive on television when they are filled to capacity
D. soccer match attendees need room to move about
E. it is expected that the popularity of soccer in the local market will grow in the future
Which of the following logically completes the sentence?
A. some of the games will still sell the full 80,000 tickets, especially if two popular teams are playing
B. some of the buyers of tickets don’t care much about the price
C. bigger stadiums look more impressive on television when they are filled to capacity
D. soccer match attendees need room to move about
E. it is expected that the popularity of soccer in the local market will grow in the future
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City Official: In order to benefit the local economy, it is clear that our city needs to build a new soccer stadium. Our current stadium has a capacity of 40,000 and every game sells out. It is estimated that there are enough fans to buy an additional 20,000 tickets for each game, so some people are proposing a stadium with 60,000 seats. However, I recommend we build a stadium with a capacity of 80,000, even though it will be much more expensive, This larger stadium will provide the greatest future benefit to the local economy, because _________.
Which of the following logically completes the sentence?
A. some of the games will still sell the full 80,000 tickets, especially if two popular teams are playing
B. some of the buyers of tickets don’t care much about the price
C. bigger stadiums look more impressive on television when they are filled to capacity
D. soccer match attendees need room to move about
E. it is expected that the popularity of soccer in the local market will grow in the future
(A) Although some games may still sell the full 80,000 tickets, it is not clear whether this will justify the additional cost of building the larger stadium.
(B) This suggest that there is a minimum number of fans who will attend games regardless of the price, but it doesn’t support building the larger stadium.
(C) This may be true, but it may not directly benefit the local economy.
(D) This answer choice is irrelevant.
(E) Correct. If the popularity of soccer in the local market is expected to grow over the long term, this would justify the additional cost now to build the larger stadium. This will provide additional room as more fans start to buy tickets.
Answer: E
City Official: In order to benefit the local economy, it is clear that our city needs to build a new soccer stadium. Our current stadium has a capacity of 40,000 and every game sells out. It is estimated that there are enough fans to buy an additional 20,000 tickets for each game, so some people are proposing a stadium with 60,000 seats. However, I recommend we build a stadium with a capacity of 80,000, even though it will be much more expensive, This larger stadium will provide the greatest future benefit to the local economy, because _________.
Which of the following logically completes the sentence?
A. some of the games will still sell the full 80,000 tickets, especially if two popular teams are playing
B. some of the buyers of tickets don’t care much about the price
C. bigger stadiums look more impressive on television when they are filled to capacity
D. soccer match attendees need room to move about
E. it is expected that the popularity of soccer in the local market will grow in the future
(A) Although some games may still sell the full 80,000 tickets, it is not clear whether this will justify the additional cost of building the larger stadium.
(B) This suggest that there is a minimum number of fans who will attend games regardless of the price, but it doesn’t support building the larger stadium.
(C) This may be true, but it may not directly benefit the local economy.
(D) This answer choice is irrelevant.
(E) Correct. If the popularity of soccer in the local market is expected to grow over the long term, this would justify the additional cost now to build the larger stadium. This will provide additional room as more fans start to buy tickets.
Answer: E
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(A) Although some games may still sell the full 80,000 tickets, it is not clear whether this will justify the additional cost of building the larger stadium.
I think this explanation is not fair enough.
It's quite clear that the 80,000 tickets will justify the suggestion of building larger. You may say that 1 or 2 game with full 80,000 tickets is not enough to justify the whole project. If so, it will cast doubt on Choice E also, The popularity of soccer will grow, but maybe it grow to a level of 60,100 tickets only, it's not sure to justify a clear number of 80,000 seat capacity
I think this explanation is not fair enough.
It's quite clear that the 80,000 tickets will justify the suggestion of building larger. You may say that 1 or 2 game with full 80,000 tickets is not enough to justify the whole project. If so, it will cast doubt on Choice E also, The popularity of soccer will grow, but maybe it grow to a level of 60,100 tickets only, it's not sure to justify a clear number of 80,000 seat capacity
