Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected white-footed mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease-would likely decline.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease would likely decline.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Ticks do not suffer any adverse consequences from carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans.
There are no known cases of a human’s contracting Lyme disease through contact with white-footed mice.
A deer tick feeds only once while in the larval stage.
A single host animal can be the source of bacterium for many tick larvae.
None of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor other bacteria that ticks transmit to humans
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease would likely decline.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Ticks do not suffer any adverse consequences from carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans. 跟问题无关 There are no known cases of a human’s contracting Lyme disease through contact with white-footed mice. 跟问题无关 (有点纠结, 不过文章没谈到人直接接触白脚小鼠~ 所以忽略) A deer tick feeds only once while in the larval stage. 就算增加了其他小鼠的数量, 如果幼虫各种小鼠都去咬一口, 不管其他小鼠的数量有多少, 只要咬了whitefooted mice那就会变carrier~strengthen撒 A single host animal can be the source of bacterium for many tick larvae.
weakens the argument None of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor other bacteria that ticks transmit to humans 无关。 题目读的不是很明白,还有各个选项大家帮忙解释下吧!
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks. Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected whitefooted mice. However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease would likely decline.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Ticks do not suffer any adverse consequences from carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans. 跟问题无关 There are no known cases of a human’s contracting Lyme disease through contact with white-footed mice. 跟问题无关 (有点纠结, 不过文章没谈到人直接接触白脚小鼠~ 所以忽略) A deer tick feeds only once while in the larval stage. 就算增加了其他小鼠的数量, 如果幼虫各种小鼠都去咬一口, 不管其他小鼠的数量有多少, 只要咬了whitefooted mice那就会变carrier~strengthen撒 A single host animal can be the source of bacterium for many tick larvae.
weakens the argument None of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor other bacteria that ticks transmit to humans 无关。 题目读的不是很明白,还有各个选项大家帮忙解释下吧!