Exposure to certain chemicals commonly used inelementary schools as cleaners or pesticides causes allergic reactions in somechildren. Elementary school nurses inRenston report that the proportion of schoolchildren sent to them for treatmentof allergic reactions to those chemicals has increased significantly over thepast ten years. Therefore, either Renston’sschoolchildren have been exposed to greater quantities of the chemicals, orthey are more sensitive to them than schoolchildren were ten years ago. Which of the following is an assumption onwhich the argument depends? A. Thenumber of school nurses employed by Renston’s elementary schools has notdecreased over the past ten years. B. Childrenwho are allergic to the chemicals are no more likely than other children tohave allergies to other substances. C. Childrenwho have allergic reactions to the chemicals are not more likely to be sent toa school nurse now than they were ten years ago. D. Thechemicals are not commonly used as cleaners or pesticides in houses andapartment buildings in Renston. E. Childrenattending elementary school do not make up a larger proportion of Renston’spopulation now than they did ten years ago. 我在网上看了解析,没有用取反的方法做的,如果用取反的话,E选项取反:小学生比例增多,是过敏反应增多的一个原因,不也否定了原题结论吗? 求大神解答!
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