Scientists have made genetic modifications to cotton to increaseits resistance to insect pests. According to farmers’ report, the amount ofinsecticide needed per acre to control insect pests was only slightly lower forthose who tried the modified seed than for those who did not. Therefore, sincethe modified seed costs more than ordinary seed without producing yields ofhigher market value, switching to the modified seed would be unlikely tobenefit most cotton farmers economically.[TZJ1]
Which of the following would it be most useful to know in order toevaluate the argument?
A. Whether farmers who triedthe modified cotton seed had ever tried growing other crops from geneticallymodified seed.[TZJ2]
B. Whether the insecticidestypically used on ordinary cotton tend to be more expensive than insecticidestypically used on other crops.[TZJ3]
C. Whether for most farms whogrow cotton it is their primary crop
D. Whether the farmers whohave tried the modified seed planted as many acres of cotton, on average, asfarmers using the ordinary seed did.[TZJ4]
E. Whether most of the farmerswho tried the modified seed did so because they had previously had to useexceptionally large quantities of insecticide.
[TZJ1]转基因棉花可以提升抗虫能力。正常棉花每亩使用杀虫剂只比转基因棉花的用量少一点点,所以由于转基因种子更贵,由没有更好的市场价值,转换为转基因棉花在经济上不划算。
[TZJ2]农民是否种过别的作物,无关
[TZJ3]用在棉花上的杀虫剂是否比别的杀虫剂贵,题干问的是棉农的选择,和别的作物没有关系?
[TZJ4]使用转基因种子的农民是否和使用非转基因的农民种植面积相同。——题干中使用杀虫剂用量是单位用量的比较,无关
不得已选了E,答案是B,不知道为什么
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我认为应该选D。题目说因为种植modified seed比ordinary seed贵而且没有产生更高市场价值的产量(yield通常都指产量),所以种modified seed对棉农来说不是经济上有益的。
D正好问了是不是因为种植ms的面积太小了导致产量低(进而导致成本高)呢?
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