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Herbicides allow cereal crops to be grown very efficiently, with virtually no competition from weeds.  In Britain, partridge populations have been steadily decreasing since herbicide use became widespread.  Some environmentalists claim that these birds, which live in and around cereal crop fields, are being poisoned by the herbicides.  However, tests show no more than trace quantities of herbicides in partridges on herbicide-treated land.  Therefore, something other than herbicide use must be responsible for the population decrease.

Which of the following, if true about Britain, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) The elimination of certain weeds from cereal crop fields has reduced the population of the small insects that live on those weeds and that form a major part of partridge chicks' diet.

(B) Since partridges are valued as game birds, records of their population are more carefully kept than those for many other birds.

(C) Some of the weeds that are eliminated from cereal crop fields by herbicides are much smaller than the crop plants themselves and would have no negative effect on crop yield if they were allowed to grow.

(D) Birds other than partridges that live in or around cereal crop fields have also been suffering population declines.

(E) The toxins contained in herbicides typically used on cereal crops can be readily identified in the tissues of animals that have ingested them.

这道题答案是A。A说明了是weed带来鸟的减少 就是support这道题   为什么反而成了weaken呢？

希望高手指导，我选的是E，为什么不对？

题目结论是说的不是除草剂导致的鸟减少。

A说除草剂导致草减少，导致虫子减少，导致鸟减少。所以反驳结论。

E选项的范围和那种鸟并没有确定的交集，所以不对。