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xiaolili

The earth’s resources are being depleted much too fast. To correct this, the United States must keep its resource consumption at present levels for many years to come.

13.   The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Per capita resource consumption in the United States is at an all-time high.

(B) The United States wastes resources.

(C) The United States uses more resources than any other country.

(D) The United States imports most of the resources it uses.（E）

(E) Curbing U.S. resource consumption will significantly retard world resource depletion.

14.   Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?

(A) New resource deposits are constantly being discovered.

(B) The United States consumes one-third of all resources used in the world.

(C) Other countries need economic development more than the United States does.

(D) Other countries have agreed to hold their resource consumption at present levels.（B）

(E) The United States has been conserving resources for several years.

为什么选E和B？怎么都想不通。我想我可能题目没有看懂。哪位大牛帮帮忙？跪谢！

zhoushao

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mygoalusa

The key words here are "earth resources" and "USA". The stem says if we need to correct the depletion of the resources, the USA must keep its resource consumption level. You must think, why USA's keeping its resource consumption level will help solve the problem for the world. Shouldn't you guess that USA's resource consumption is so SIGNIFICANT that what it does will have an impact on the world's resource? That natually explains why E and B are the right answers.

flylion

我觉得不选Ｂ和Ｅ　　没的选了　你哪里想不清楚