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Q2:Hunter:  Hunters alone are blamed for the decline in Greenrock
                    National Forest’s deer population over the past ten years.  Yet clearly, black bears have also played an important role in this decline.  In the past ten years, the forest’s protected black bear population has risen sharply, and examination of black bears found dead in the forest during the deer hunting season showed that a number of them had recently fed on deer.

In the hunter’s argument, the boldface portion plays which of the following roles?

1. It is the main conclusion of the argument.

2. It is an objection that has been raised against the main conclusion of the argument.
3. It is a judgment that the argument opposes.
4. It is a finding that the argument seeks to explain.

5. It provides evidence in support of the main conclusion of the argument.

答案a,我觉得是D,2/3的篇幅在解释why black bears have also played an important role in this decline，

a中main conclusion 应该是both black bear and hunter play the roles in the decline of the deer.

Vote for A

其他人的意见呢？

显然是a

d-finding

e-evidence

bold处明显是一个conclusion

the construction of an article always be like this, the content after the word "yet" or "but" should be the main idea of it. So it is trying to say "black bears have played an important role in this decline" , since no other sentence supports hunters are to be blamed,  "both black bear and hunter play the roles in the decline of the deer." should not be the conclusion.

I think the word "finding" is not correct in choice D. It's just an assumption,or say, the conclusion, but not a finding. The finding of this paragraph should be "black bears found dead in the forest during the deer hunting season ".