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nobodytest

请教LSAT-Test1-Section4-Q17,18
If the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all the arts of life? To dig, to plow, to build, to wear clothes—all are direct violations of the injunction to follow nature.
17. Which one of the following is an assumption made by the author of the passage?
(A) The arts of life have no useful end.
(B) The artificial is not better than the natural.
(C) Digging, plowing, building, and wearing clothes are better than nature.
(D) The injunction to follow nature should not be violated.
(E) The arts of life are indirect means of following nature.
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答案C
18. If the author’s argument were challenged on the grounds that the construction of buildings has adverse effects on the natural environment, which of the following replies might the author use to respond to the challenge logically?
(A) There are human activities, such as making music, that are environmentally harmless.
(B) Harming the environment is not an end, of purpose, of the arts of life.
(C) The construction could involve the use of natural, not artificial, materials.
(D) Constructing buildings is not an “art of life.”
(E) Even if the natural environment is disturbed by the construction of buildings, it is improved for human use.
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答案E

谁能给看看“to what end are all the arts of life?”这句话该怎么翻译才对，我理解不了其在题干中确切含义。

nobodytest

谢谢漫步雨中的解答。

漫步雨中

题干的意思是：
如果人造的不比天然的更好？那么，生活中所有的活动是为了什么目的呢？end 表示目的。
挖掘、犁地、建造，穿衣，这些都违反了遵从自然的法则。
17。假设人类的挖掘等活动比自然的东西更好。
18。当有人认为房屋建造对自然环境起到了反作用时，由于作者的态度很明显，人类的活动由于给人类带来更多的方便，比自然的东西更好，所以作者会反驳说，建筑即使破坏了环境，但是对人类的使用去大大提高了，比自然的更好。