温柔小刀求教LAST难题二

appledandan

question 17-18
if the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all the arts of life? to dig, to plow, to build, to wear clothes—all are direct violations of the injunction to follow nature.
17. which one of the following is an assumption made by the author of the passage?
(a) the arts of life have no useful end.
(b) the artificial is not better than the natural.
(c) digging, plowing, building, and wearing clothes are better than nature.
(d) the injunction to follow nature should not be violated.
(e) the arts of life are indirect means of following nature.
violation:违背  injunction:指令,禁令
the answer is c. why not d?

18. if the author’s argument were challenged on the grounds that the construction of buildings has adverse effects on the natural environment, which of the following replies might the author use to respond to the challenge logically?
(a) there are human activities, such as making music, that are environmentally harmless.
(b) harming the environment is not an end, of purpose, of the arts of life.
(c) the construction could involve the use of natural, not artificial, materials.
(d) constructing buildings is not an “art of life.”
(e) even if the natural environment is disturbed by the construction of buildings, it is improved for human use.
the answer is e, why? i think the passage only refers following nature and does not mention human use.

chipmunk

Just my two cents. Queston 17, c is better than d, because of you remove d from the whole statement, it will still work. But if you remove assumption c from the statement, then you won't be able to reach the conclusion.

Question 18 is simple, the challenge says 'construction of buildings' is bad, you just have to find a good thing in answers. E says it improves human use.

smilinglan

以下是引用chipmunk在2003-4-5 3:22:00的发言：

Question 18 is simple, the challenge says 'construction of buildings' is bad, you just have to find a good thing in answers. E says it improves human use.

我同意!

补充一下：
题目中说建造一些建筑物对人类的自然环境有害，也就是说建造一些建筑物的不好的方面。作者要想反对这个观点必然要说出它好的方面，it is improved for human use.正是这个观点，所以应该是选择E

siebel

Thanks chipmunk and smilinglan for showing us perfect ways to solve such problems. This is another approach I used.

以下是引用appledandan在2003-4-4 19:05:00的发言：
question 17-18
if the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all the arts of life? to dig, to plow, to build, to wear clothes—all are direct violations of the injunction to follow nature.
17. which one of the following is an assumption made by the author of the passage?
(c) digging, plowing, building, and wearing clothes are better than nature.
(d) the injunction to follow nature should not be violated.
the answer is c. why not d?

原文“to dig, to plow, to build”是作者自己举例来驳斥“人工不如天然”的。如果我是作者，当然是要举 are better than nature.的例子！d相反效果。

18. if the author’s argument were challenged on the grounds that the construction of buildings has adverse effects on the natural environment, which of the following replies might the author use to respond to the challenge logically?
(a) there are human activities, such as making music, that are environmentally harmless.
(b) harming the environment is not an end, of purpose, of the arts of life.
(c) the construction could involve the use of natural, not artificial, materials.
(d) constructing buildings is not an “art of life.”
(e) even if the natural environment is disturbed by the construction of buildings, it is improved for human use.
the answer is e, why? i think the passage only refers following nature and does not mention human use.

承接上题，作者还要从constructing building这件事来证明自己的观点：人造的不比天然的差。除了E, 看不出其他选项可以为本文的主题服务。

appledandan

thanks for all views! i got it.