请教GWD的一道题，我选A，而答案是D，不解……

lilingfeng

Environmental organizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn Wilderness Area from residential development.  They plan to do this by purchasing that land from the farmers who own it.  That plan is ill-conceived:  if the farmers did sell their land, they would sell it to the highest bidder, and developers would outbid any other bidders.  On the other hand, these farmers will never actually sell any of the land, provided that farming it remains viable.  But farming will not remain viable if the farms are left unmodernized, and most of the farmers lack the financial resources modernization requires.  And that is exactly why a more sensible preservation strategy would be to assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintain viability.



In the argument as a whole, the two boldface proportions play which of the following roles?



A.   The first presents a goal that the argument rejects as ill-conceived; the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection.

B.   The first presents a goal that the argument concludes cannot be attained; the second is a reason offered in support of that conclusion.

C.   The first presents a goal that the argument concludes can be attained; the second is a judgment disputing that conclusion.

D.   The first presents a goal, strategies for achieving which are being evaluated in the argument; the second is a judgment providing a basis for the argument’s advocacy of a particular strategy.

E.    The first presents a goal that the argument endorses; the second presents a situation that the argument contends must be changed if that goal is to be met in the foreseeable future.

augest

我觉得从阅读的思路来讲，on the other hand一出，一定是一个对比，作者态度一定是一个复杂态度，而不是单一的支持或者反对；所以如果前面是否定了（ill-conceived），后面就一定是肯定了（sensible preservation strategy would be assist farmer）。从而只有答案是说在评估，而其他都是说支持或反对。
我觉得还是要读通原文。

fangzep

题目：
1）提出plan的目的：preserve the land；
2）plan的方法：purchase that land，发现此plan方法不行，谁都会卖给highest price，那么花费就太大了。此方案被否决。
3）plan的另外一个出路：farmer不需要卖地，但需要按照现代化的方式耕种。下面就是要提出a more sensible preservation strategy 来帮助farmer来按照现代化的方式耕种了。

A:
1）"the argument rejects as ill-conceived;"就错了，题目反对的是“购买土地方案”，第一个boldface是方案需要到达的目的，而非方案本身。
2）第二个boldface是“ providing a basis for the argument’s advocacy of a particular strategy”。而“evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection”是原文中“if the farmers did sell their land, they would sell it to the highest bidder, and developers would outbid any other bidders.”