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24-7 Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

    The expansion of large-scale farming in Africa and Asia has destroyed much of the natural vegetation on which elephants have historically depended, forcing them to turn to cultivated land to satisfy their enormous appetites. As a result, farmers have lost millions of dollars worth of crops annually. Yet even if elephant sanctuaries were created on a widespread basis to guarantee elephants sufficient natural vegetation, the raiding would likely persist, since         

(A) when elephants forage for food, they typically travel in herds.

(B) foraging elephants have been known to cause substantial damage even to plants that they do not eat.

(C) some of the land where crops have suffered extensive damage from elephants has been allowed to return to its natural state.

(D) elephants tend to prefer cultivated crops to wild vegetation as a food source

(E) elephant sanctuaries are usually created in areas that are rich in the natural vegetation on which elephants have historically depended.

答案是D,我觉得可以接受,但是B也可以接受呀,为什么不对呢?

chelin_wu1220

cause substantial damage even to plants that they do not eat

farmers have lost millions of dollars worth of crops annually, 题目问的raid是指crop的

amy_lyy

我觉得plants并不是crops指，因为大象是吃的crops，而它们不吃plants,所以这里plants的属于不相关的信息，是答案后引入的

我到觉得C 也有道理呢

MelonL.

结论是“the raiding would likely persist”，raid差不多是劫夺，掠夺的意思，D是最直接的解释。因为大象在尝试了cultivated crops后发现自己更喜欢crops，所以就算再给了他们natural vegetation，他们还是会去farmer那里吃crops。