GWD3-Q32
Q32:
Ecologist: The Scottish Highlands were once the site of extensive forests, butthese forests have mostly disappeared and been replaced by peat bogs. The common view is that the Highlands’deforestation was caused by human activity, especially agriculture. However, agriculturebegan in the Highlands less than 2,000 years ago. Peat bogs, which consist of compresseddecayed vegetable matter, build up by only about one foot per 1,000 years and, throughoutthe Highlands, remains of trees in peat bogs are almost all at depths greatthan four feet. Since climatechanges that occurred between 7,000 and 4,000 years ago favored the developmentof peat bogs rather than the survival of forests, the deforestation was morelikely the result of natural processes than of human activity.
In the ecologist’s argument the twoportions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A.The first is evidence that has been used in support of a position that the ecologist rejects; the second is a finding that the ecologist uses to counter that evidence.
B.The first is evidence that, in light of the evidence provided in the second, serves as grounds for the ecologist’s rejection of a certain position.
C.The first is a position that the ecologist rejects; the second is evidence that has been used in support of that position.
D.The first is a position that the ecologist rejects; the second provides evidence in support of that rejection.
E.The first is a position for which the ecologist argues; the second provides evidence to support that position.
Answer: A B作者: NicoleYu 时间: 2010-4-7 11:01
A 的错误很明显吧
两处黑体字都是对文章结论（是气候的影响而非人类活动的影响）的支持
A选项却说第一处是为文章反对的观点提供支持，这显然是不正确的
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