[讨论]GWD2-19

Q19:

Environmental organizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn Wilderness Area from residential development.  They plan to do this by purchasing that land from the farmers who own it.  That plan is ill-conceived:  if the farmers did sell their land, they would sell it to the highest bidder, and developers would outbid any other bidders.  On the other hand, these farmers will never actually sell any of the land, provided that farming it remains viable.  But farming will not remain viable if the farms are left unmodernized, and most of the farmers lack the financial resources modernization requires.  And that is exactly why a more sensible preservation strategy would be to assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintain viability.

In the argument as a whole, the two boldface proportions play which of the following roles?

1. The first presents a goal that the argument rejects as ill-conceived; the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection.
2. The first presents a goal that the argument concludes cannot be attained; the second is a reason offered in support of that conclusion.
3. The first presents a goal that the argument concludes can be attained; the second is a judgment disputing that conclusion.
4. The first presents a goal, strategies for achieving which are being evaluated in the argument; the second is a judgment providing a basis for the argument’s advocacy of a particular strategy.
5. The first presents a goal that the argument endorses; the second presents a situation that the argument contends must be changed if that goal is to be met in the foreseeable future.

Why the answer is E? i choose A

E，这题前个boldface不是问题，关键在于后一个boldface的作用。"只要在土地上农作可行可生存，农民是不会去出售土地的"，但到底卖不卖是个situation，在未来是会变化的，环保组织只有assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintain viability才能达到既定目标。

A的问题在于没有看到后一个boldface的结果是可变的，可能农民可能由于农作无以为继而出售，也可能得到帮助继续农作而不出售，所以它不一定是用来反对第一个boldface的。