[求助]陈向东1-8(第1章第8题)

大全搜了没有,不知搜的方法对不对.

8) last year, support for the social and behavioral science represented only about three percent of the government's total budget for research funds in the united states. thus, the particularly sharp reductions imposed on such programs this year seem dictated not by financial constraints but by social philosophy.

which of the following is an assumption on which the conclusion of the passage above is based.

A) the government funds allocated for research in the social and behabioral sciences are not sufficient for the work that needs to be done.

b) the social and behaviroal sciences are as valuable as the physical and biological sciences.

c) the current reductions will stop research in the social and behavioral sciences.

d) government funding is the primary source of research money in the united states.

e) Three percent is an insignificant portion of the governmnet's total budget for research funds.

why D is not right?thanks!

晕，单看见一个D，还以为是答案呢，琢磨了半天，都没想明白。

楼主，答案是哪个呀？

我选A。not+weaken型的。

I hang around between A and E for quite some times with the best answer. Finally, i pick A ,becase the key word " not sufficient "in A is more convincing than  "insignificant " in B

D is definitely weeken the point!