--Q40:

Two centuries ago, Tufe Peninsula became separated form the mainland, isolating on the newly formed Tufe Island a population of Turfil sunflowers. This population’s descendants grow to be, on average, 40 centimeters shorter than Turfil sunflowers found on the mainland. Tufe Island is significantly drier than Tufe Peninsula was. So the current average height of Tufe’s Turfil sunflowers is undoubtedly at least partially attributable to changes in Tufe’s environmental conditions.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

There are no types of vegetation on Tufe Island that are known to benefit from dry conditions. There were about as many Turfil sunflowers on Tufe Peninsula two centuries ago as there are on Tufe Island today. The mainland’s environment has not changed in ways that have resulted in Turfil sunflowers on the mainland growing to be 40 centimeters taller than they did two centuries ago.

The soil on Tufe Island, unlike that on the mainland, lacks important nutrients that help Turfil sunflowers survive and grow tall in a dry environment. The 40-centimeter height difference between the Turfil sunflowers on Tufe Island and those on the mainland is the only difference between the two populations.

个人感觉C里面的 they did 指的是 sunflowers..growing to be.. 感觉这个结构比较怪异，OG里好像没有拿DID来替代分词的用法吧。还是我理解错了？

另外，谁能解释一下，具体的思路。做的时候凭感觉选的C,但一直没弄清楚。

Thanks

C首先是个排除他因，那么是加强。在取非，则weaken了结果了。嘿嘿，那就是它了。

did指代grow,其实这是逻辑题目，它的语法就有很多的问题，同样的问题也出现在阅读了，楼主大可不必追究。