In parts of South America, vitamin-A deficiency is a serious health problem, especially among children. In one region, agriculturists hope to improve nutrition by encouraging farmers to plant a new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in betacarotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. The plan has good chances of success, since sweet potato is a staple of the region's diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the plan will succeed?
In parts of South America, vitamin-A deficiency is a serious health problem, especially among children.In one region, agriculturists hope to improve nutrition by encouraging farmers to plant a new variety of sweet potato called SPK004 that is rich in betacarotene, which the body converts into vitamin A.The plan has good chances of success, since sweet potato is a staple of the region’s diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the plan will succeed?
A. There are other vegetables currently grown in the region that contain more beta-carotene than the currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato do.
B. The flesh of SPK004 differs from that of the currently cultivated sweet potatoes in color and texture, so traditional foods would look somewhat different when prepared from SPK004.
C. For successful cultivation of SPK004, a soil significantly richer in nitrogen is needed than is needed for the varieties of sweet potato currently cultivated in the region.
D. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.
E. The currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato contain no important nutrients that SPK004 lacks. 正确答案是E 我选了D 我选D是因为D的意思跟题干最后“since sweet potato is a staple of the region’s diet and agriculture, and the varieties currently grown contain little beta-carotene.
D. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is. D说没有其他品种的土豆比SPK004大大地富含b。原文的plan是“种SPK004”解决VA缺乏症,不管是否还有比SPK004更富含b的土豆,和“种SPK004”能否达到预期目的没有关系。所以我认为也是无关。
E. The currently cultivated varieties of sweet potato contain no important nutrients that SPK004 lacks. E说现在种的土豆品种并不含有SPK004所缺乏的重要营养。如果说现在种的含有SPK004缺乏的重要营养,那如果改种SPK004,这些重要营养就没了,人们无法通过吃SPK004获得了。一种plan是否被采纳,一是能否达到目的,二是是否产生副作用(如果副作用过大,还不如不用)——这是个人总结的,做过一些题问为什么不采纳某某plan,正确答案往往是这个plan产生了不能接受的负面影响。
看到的GmatClub里一牛人分析的,我觉得说的很对:
D. There are no other varieties of sweet potato that are significantly richer in beta-carotene than SPK004 is.
This is a particularly interesting one. We already can infer that the SPK004 sweet potato has more beta-carotene than the the traditional sweet potatoes in this region. That's the comparison that is meaningful in this argument. This answer choice provides the added information --- the SPK004 sweet potato also contains more beta-carotene than any other variety of sweet potato anywhere else --- China, Uganda, New Zealand, Alabama, etc. Well, that's interesting, but it's not particularly relevant. We already know the important comparison ---- the SPK004 sweet potato vs. sweet potatoes traditionally grown in these parts of South America. That's the part that is pertinent to the argument. The fact that the SPK004 sweet potato also contains more beta-carotene than any other variety of sweet potato in other places --- strictly speaking, this is irrelevant to the argument. Therefore, it is not a strengthener. This answer is incorrect.