GWD27-Q20 - 怎样准确理解答案？

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这个题的关键在于理解reasoning contends和reasoning’s contention

整个题目的内容就是一个reasoning，这个reasoning contends了一个contention，即Critics的观点证据不足（This evidence is far from adequate），并且给出了原因（since over the last decade a substantial number of new industrial facilities that emit these pollutants have been built）。

我们看一下正确选项D
前半部分
The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence
分解意思应该为：
1、The first is a position
2、the reasoning contends that the first position is inadequately supported by the evidence
后半部分
the second is evidence used to support the reasoning’s contention.
reasoning’s contention指的是整个reasoning的观点：This evidence is far from adequate

如果reasoning contends和reasoning’s contention都明确了意思，就清楚多了。

其他选项错误的地方标示如下：
A.    The first identifies a claim that the reasoning seeks to show is false; the second is evidence that has been cited by others in support of that claim.
B.    The first identifies a claim that the reasoning seeks to show is false; the secondis a position for which the reasoning seeks to provide support.
C.    The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is a position for which the reasoning seeks to provide support.
D.    The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is evidence used to support the reasoning’s contention.
E.    The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is evidence that has been used to support that position.

-- by 会员 gmat928 (2010/3/9 22:47:30)

太感谢了！解释的太到位了

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gmat928 发表于 2010-3-9 22:47
这个题的关键在于理解reasoning contends和reasoning’s contention整个题目的内容就是一个reasoning，这个 ...

谢谢！讲的很清楚~