求助！谢谢！

martycai

Shortly after the Persian Gulf War, investigators reported that the area, which had been subjected to hundreds of smoky oil fires and deliberate oil spills when regular oil production slowed down during the war displayed less oil contamination than they had witnessed in prewar surveys of the same area.They also reported that the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-used as a marker of combustion products spewed from oil wells ignited during the war-were also relatively low, comparable to those recorded in the temperate oil-producing areas of the Baltic Sea.

Which one of the following, if true, does most to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?
A Oil contaminants have greater environmental effects in temperate regions than in desert regions.
B Oil contamination and PAH pollution disspiate more rapidly in temperate regions than in desert regions.
C Oil contamination and PAH pollution disspiate more rapidly in desert regions than in temperate regions.
D Peacetime oil production and transport in the Persian Gulf result in high levels of PAHs and massive oil dumping.
E The Persian Gulf War ended before the oil fires and spills caused as much damage as originally expected.

答案 D
不明白啊！连题目都没看出来哪里有discrepancy...

ellie78

discrepancy就是：饱受战火摧残和蓄意的石油泄漏的波斯湾的石油污染程度比战前还less，后面blablabla（燃烧产物也少啊什么的）基本也是说这事儿。
resolve可以从两方面入手：正向：战期有保护因素起到作用（大风把污染性气体都吹跑了、联合国派出维和部队来治理污染并取得成效啊什么的）
负向：战前就很糟糕。战前的开采和日常商运之类的活动已经能造成严重污染了，开战后，日常开采这边歇了但是敌军的蓄意摧残也与战前污染势均力敌--D的态度是这样的

martycai

哦。。。这么复杂的逻辑。。。