[逻辑小分队] 揽瓜阁逻辑做题小分队 第38天

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?

Before the nineteenth century in Europe, grain, which was mostly eaten as bread or porridge, was often stored in conditions that allowed the growth of certain fungi. These fungi produce a toxin that when ingested increases susceptibility to disease unless the toxin has been exposed to boiling temperatures for an extended period. Therefore, before the nineteenth century the Europeans' reliance on grain reduced their resistance to disease, since __________.

(A) bread and porridge were often prepared in ways that raised the temperature to the boiling point only for a brief period
(B) each family typically stored a winter's supply of grain in a wooden or stone granary
(C) the toxin-producing fungi have a distinctive aroma that enables people to distinguish contaminated from uncontaminated grain
(D) there were a large number of infectious diseases prevalent in Europe at that time
(E) people who are malnourished are more likely than those who are well fed to be susceptible to disease

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*Premise
19th C 欧洲 grain, which was mostly eaten as bread or porridge, was often stored in conditions that allowed the growth of certain fungi. These fungi produce a toxin that when ingested increases susceptibility to disease unless the toxin has been exposed to boiling temperatures for an extended period.

*Conclusion

before the nineteenth century the Europeans' reliance on grain reduced their resistance to disease

OA V.S. OE
句子 impedient to my understanding of the passage

These fungi produce a toxin that when ingested increases susceptibility to disease unless the toxin has been exposed to boiling temperatures for an extended period.

why/where不懂：为什么有两个verb，谁才是verb

答：倒装！

正确语序：These fungi produce a toxin that increases susceptibility to disease when ingested unless the toxin has been exposed to boiling temperatures for an extended period.