32.Woodsmoke contains dangerous toxins that cause changes in human cells. Because woodsmoke presents such a high health risk, legislation is needed to regulate the use of open-air fires and wood-burning stoves.
Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the argument above?
(A) The amount of dangerous toxins contained in woodsmoke is much less than the amount contained in an equal volume of automobile exhaust.
(B) Within the jurisdiction covered by the proposed legislation, most heating and cooking is done with oil or natural gas.
(C) Smoke produced by coal-burning stoves is significantly more toxic than smoke from woodburning stoves.
(D) No significant beneficial effect on air quality would result if open-air fires were banned within the jurisdiction covered by the proposed legislation.
(E) In valleys where wood is used as the primary heating fuel, the concentration of smoke results in poor air quality.
Key: E, mine: B. 算支持什么理由呢?AIR POLLUTION 支持了是HEALTH RISK?
b 可以理解为是 legislation 实施后的结果。不能对文章的推理起到支持作用,做题应该先把主线里出来 尤其是:then,therefore, thus, so, 他们前面的原因 后面的是结果,这是文章推理的过程,也是最重要的部分。往往问题就是在这两句话上。所以你必须对原因或前提构成支持或反对,或是对结论进行支持或反对(要看问题问的是什么,问题不同答案有很大不同,例如说: Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the argument above? Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the conclusion above? 这两种问法的答案是不同方向的。 前者重在推理的过程上,一定涉及前提及推理,后者可能与题目内容风马牛不相及只要能支持结论就行。
这道题e是一个比较间接的支持, AIR POLLUTION 对 HEALTH 有危害 构成支持,support是不需要充分的。 只要有支持作用就行了。
145.In Swartkans territory, archaeologists discovered charred bone fragments dating back 1 million years. Analysis of the fragments, which came from a variety of animals, showed that they had been heated to temperatures no higher than those produced in experimental campfires made from branches of white stinkwood, the most common tree around Swartkans.
Which of the following, if true, would, together with the information above, provide the best basis for the claim that the charred bone fragments are evidence of the use of fire by early hominids?
(A) The white stinkwood tree is used for building material by the present-day inhabitants of Swartkans.
(B) Forest fires can heat wood to a range of temperatures that occur in campfires.
(C) The bone fragments were fitted together by the archaeologists to form the complete skeletons of several animals.
(D) Apart from the Swartkans discovery, there is reliable evidence that early hominids used fire as many as 500 thousand years ago.
(E) The bone fragments were found in several distinct layers of limestone that contained primitive cutting tools known to have been used by early hominids.
Key: E, mine: B. Cutting tools能推出use of fire吗? 我总觉得答案里应该有与fire 有关的信息吧。