prep 2 essay #6

wyyavv

Essay #2.
091

More selective than most chemical pesticides in that they ordinarily destroy only unwanted species, biocontrol agents (such as insects, fungi, and viruses) eat, infect, or parasitize targeted plant or animal pests.
However, biocontrol agents can negatively affect nontarget species by, for example, competing with them for resources:
a biocontrol agent might reduce the benefits conferred by a desirable animal species by consuming a plant on which the animal prefers to lay its eggs. Another example of indirect negative consequences occurred in England when a virus introduced to control rabbits reduced the amount of open ground (because large rabbit populations reduce the ground cover), in turn reducing underground ant nests and triggering the extinction of a blue butterfly that had depended on the nests to shelter its offspring.
The paucity of known extinctions or disruptions resulting from indirect interactions may reflect not the infrequency of such mishaps but rather the failure to look for or to detect them:
most organisms likely to be adversely affected by indirect interactions are of little or no known commercial value and the events linking a biocontrol agent with an adverse effect are often unclear.
Moreover, determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts.


Question #6.
091-03




According to the passage, which of the following is a concern that arises with biocontrol agents but not with chemical pesticides?



(A) Biocontrol agents are likely to destroy desirable species as well as undesirable ones.

(B) Biocontrol agents are likely to have indirect as well as direct adverse effects on nontarget species.

(C) Biocontrol agents may change in unforeseen ways and thus be able to damage new hosts.

(D) Biocontrol agents may be ineffective in destroying targeted species.

(E) Biocontrol agents may be effective for only a short period of time.


答案给的是C我看了很久认为A又不敢挑战PREP的权威.请NN帮忙确认一下,谢谢.个人认为答案C 中的HOSTS是错误将范围缩小,文章只说INTERACTION没说HOSTS

finnlijing

Look at the very last sentence of the passage : "Moreover, determining the potential risks of biocontrol agents before they are used is difficult, especially when a nonnative agent is introduced, because, unlike a chemical pesticide, a biocontrol agent may adapt in unpredictable ways so that it can feed on or otherwise harm new hosts."

The answer was actually given in the sentence.


A is incorrect according to the first sentence in the passage : "More selective than most chemical pesticides in that they ordinarily destroy only unwanted species, biocontrol agents (such as insects, fungi, and viruses) eat, infect, or parasitize targeted plant or animal pests."
The sentence implies that chemical pesticides destroy not only unwanted species but others.

778879147

我也做错了这题，求解答吖~~~
我错选了B，但后来发现文中没说直接，都说了间接。
我想a也同理。它错杀的不是对象，而是对象所依赖的环境或条件。

wyyavv

还是不明白，继续求问 !