3. The interstitial nucleus, a sub-region of the brain’shypothalamus, is typically smaller for male cats than for female cats（fact）. A neurobiologist performed autopsieson male cats who died from disease X, a disease affecting no more than 0.5percent of male cats, and found that these male cats had interstitialnuclei that were as large as those generally found in female cats（evidence）. Thus, the size of theinterstitial nucleus determines whether or not male cats can contract disease X（consideration）, but, the hypothalamus is known not to becausally linked to disease Y, and disease X is a subtype of disease Y.（FACT） The two portions in boldface play which of the following roles? (A) The first is a fact in support of the consideration that is oneof two points of this argument; the second is the alternative point that weighsagainst the first. (B) The first is an evidence that supports the consideration thatthe argument includes; the second is the fact that weighs against thatconsideration that could be drawn from the first. (C) The first is a general principle that is against the conclusion;the second is that conclusion. (D) The first is an evidence that supports the conclusion; thesecond is an exceptional example. (E) The first is a fact in support of the conclusion that theargument depends on; the second is a fact that is against the first one.
此外，根据网友的定义： argument定义为从 first Part到的 second part的“过程”。 （题目选项中的 “passage”等同“argument） first part 包括，且只包括Consideration, Evidence, 和Fact second part表示两类conclusion和inference。