18.   问题Teresa: Manned spaceflight does not have a future, since it cannot compete economically with other means of accomplishing the objectives of spaceflight.

Edward: No mode of human transportation has a better record of reliability: two accidents in twenty-five years. Thus manned spaceflight definitely has a positive future.

Which of the following is the best logical evaluation of Edward’s argument as a response to Teresa’s argument?

(A) It cites evidence that, if true, tends to disprove the evidence cited by Teresa in drawing her conclusion.

(B) It indicates a logical gap in the support that Teresa offers for her conclusion.

(C) It raises a consideration that outweighs the argument Teresa makes.

(D) It does not meet Teresa’s point because it assumes that there is no serious impediment to transporting people into space, but this was the issue raised by Teresa.（D）

(E) It fails to respond to Teresa’s argument because it does not address the fundamental issue of whether space activities should have priority over other claims on the national budget.

答案是d

impediment在teresa的point哪里体现了？

impediment是T所说的economically, 没钱

E在那儿胡说八道，说些与T不着边际的话

所以是 dose not meet the point

还是不很能理解

e并没有assumes that there is no serious impediment to transporting people

into space

只是通过提出Manned spaceflight 非常reliable这一优点来驳斥t的Manned

spaceflight没前途的论点呀

请达人赐教

没有其他更好的选择了

不过还是总觉得不太comfortable