一般会有两个对象进行相同点和不同点的比较。相同点是增强，不同点是削弱。

Although the discount stores in Goreville's central shopping district are expected to close within five years as a result of competition from a Spendless discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the five years since the opening of Colson's, a nondiscount department store, a new store has opened at the location of every store in the shopping district that closed because it could not compete with Colson's.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Many customers of Colson's are expected to do less shopping there than they did before the SpendLess store opened.

B. lncreasingly, the stores that have opened in the central shopping district since Colson's opened have been discount stores.

C. At present, the central shopping district has as many stores operating in it as it ever had.

D. Over the course of the next five years, it is expected that Goreville's population will grow at a faster rate than it has for the past several decades.

E. Many stores in the central shopping district sell types of merchandise that are not available at either SpendLess or Colson's.

【题目解析】

逻辑链:

①G竞争不过S，S店出现（打折）→旁边的店倒闭→argument：倒闭店址也会有新店开（因为不会空太久)

②C店出现（不打折）→旁边的店倒闭→倒闭店址有新折扣店开

A. 客户被预计科尔森的许多顾客在那里购物的次数要比这家铺子开张前少。expected，主观，排除

B. 在Ｃ附近开的店是打折店增多。正确，类比之后从两个方面削弱，从点的数量和店的性质（打折的）上削弱。

C. 目前，中央购物区经营的商店和以往一样多。店的数量与过去的数量对比，原文说新店会开张因为没竞争，无关

D. 在接下来的五年里，预计Goreville的人口增长速度将超过过去几十年。人口增加，无关

E. 中心店铺卖的东西在其他店里买不到，原文从头到尾都在谈论倒闭的问题，没说到过卖什么东西的问题，无关。