Environmentalorganizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn WildernessArea from residential development. They plan todo this by purchasing that land from the farmers who own it. That plan is ill-conceived: if the farmers did sell their land, theywould sell it to the highest bidder, and developers would outbid any otherbidders. On the other hand, thesefarmers will never actually sell any of the land, provided that farming itremains viable. But farming will notremain viable if the farms are left unmodernized, and most of the farmers lackthe financial resources modernization requires. And that is exactly why a more sensible preservation strategy would beto assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintainviability.
Inthe argument as a whole, the two boldface proportions play which of thefollowing roles?
A. The first presents a goal that the argument rejects asill-conceived; the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for thatrejection.
B. The first presents a goal that the argument concludescannot be attained; the second is a reason offered in support of thatconclusion.
C. The first presents a goal that the argument concludes canbe attained; the second is a judgment disputing that conclusion.
D. The first presents a goal, strategies for achieving whichare being evaluated in the argument; the second is a judgment providing a basisfor the argument’s advocacy of a particular strategy.
E. The first presents a goal that the argument endorses; thesecond presents a situation that the argument contends must be changed if thatgoal is to be met in the foreseeable future.
看了网上的讨论，还是没搞明白为什么选D不选A，所以想说说我的理解，求指正问题。
第一句话讲的是个goal，第二句讲实现这个goal需要的plan,第三句说这个plan有问题，第四句的话我认为它是在第三句基础上进一步反驳（因为说：农民卖地也要卖给价高者，但事实上农民不一定会卖地）第五句说plan有一定意义的，第六句说需要更完善的plan。
这样的话整个逻辑链就是一个计划，作者argue了一下，最后做了一下让步啊。。。
D怎么会对呢？第二句BF明明是进一步反驳啊，怎么会是支持者的意见呢... 作者: victoria_cc 时间: 2012-9-18 21:37
A说的是这个goal是ill-conceived的，所以要reject，但是原文是
“That plan is ill-conceived”，而不是goal。B选项同样问题出在
goal上面，这篇文章没有criticize goal，只是在吐槽现有的这个plan
是多么弱。C选项还是错在goal上面。D选项正解。其实本文作者就是在
各种吐槽，最后一句呼吁“a more sensible preservation strategy
would beto assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the
