LSAT－9－4－21

Questions 20-21

So-called environmentalists have argued that the proposed Golden Lake Development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. However, the fact that these same people have raised environmental objections to virtually every development proposal brought before the council in recent years indicates that their expressed concern for bird-migration patterns is nothing but a mask for their antidevelopment, antiprogress agenda. Their claim, therefore, should be dismissed without further consideration.

21.   For the claim that the concern expressed by the so-called environmentalists is not their real concern to be properly drawn on the basis of the evidence cited, which one of the following must be assumed?

(A) Not every development proposal opposed in recent years by these so-called environmentalists was opposed because they believed it to pose a threat to the environment.

(B) People whose real agenda is to block development wherever it is proposed always try to disguise their true motives.

(C) Anyone who opposes unrestricted development is an opponent of progress.

(D) The council has no reason to object to the proposed Golden Lake Development other than concern about the development’s effect on bird-migration patterns.（A）

(E) When people say that they oppose a development project solely on environmental grounds, their real concern almost always lies elsewhere.

这个问题我看不懂。

是问envionmentalists 's concern is not their real concern 这个结论的前提？

答案：不是所有的提议这些envionmentalists 都反对的，也就是说他们也可能会赞同一些提议的，而不是想文章中说的，他们反对所有的提议。这好像是在削弱文章的观点啊？

是问 so-called En 并不真的关心环境的claim成立基于哪个假设？

我觉得你对A的理解有问题，对A取非，就变为所有的so-called En反对的proposal实际上是真正的环境问题，即他们真正关心环境，对原文削弱。not + weaken.

I see. (A) Not every development proposal opposed in recent years by these so-called environmentalists was opposed because they believed it to pose a threat to the environment.

in another wrod, sometimes, even though environmentalists believed the proposal not pose a threat, they still oppose the proposal, so we can conclude that their real concern is antiprogress.

wow, I still need to prove my understanding for long sentences!

Thanks hades!