Environmental organizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn Wilderness Area from residential development. They plan to do this by purchasing that land from the farmers who own it. That plan is ill-conceived: if the farmers did sell their land, they would sell it to the highest bidder, and developers would outbid any other bidders. On the other hand, these farmers will never actually sell any of the land, provided that farming it remains viable. But farming will not remain viable if the farms are left unmodernized, and most of the farmers lack the financial resources modernization requires. And that is exactly why a more sensible preservation strategy would be to assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintain viability.
In the argument as a whole, the two boldface proportions play which of the following roles?
Environmental organizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn Wilderness Area from residential development. They plan to do this by purchasing that land from the farmers who own it. That plan is ill-conceived: if the farmers did sell their land, they would sell it to the highest bidder, and developers would outbid any other bidders. On the other hand, these farmers will never actually sell any of the land, provided that farming it remains viable. But farming will not remain viable if the farms are left unmodernized, and most of the farmers lack the financial resources modernization requires. And that is exactly why a more sensible preservation strategy would be to assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintain viability.
In the argument as a whole, the two boldface proportions play which of the following roles? A. The first presents a goal that the argument rejects as ill-conceived; the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection.
B. The forst presents a goal that the argument concludes cannot be attained; the second is a reson offered in support of that conclusion.
C. The first presents a goal that the argument concludes can be attained; the second is a judgment disputing that conclusion.
D. The first presents a goal, strategies for achieving which are being evaluated in the argument; the second is a judgment providing a basis for the argument's advocacy of a particular strategy.
E. The first presents a goal that the argument endores; the second presents a situation that the argument contends must be changed if that goal is to be met in foreseeable future.
个人认为这题考的是阅读 前半句说的是目的--环保学家要保护某篇土地是指不被开采。接着讲了他们想出来的措施,再讲了措施实现的困难(因为farmers怎样怎样),很显然,on the other hand后面的内容讲的是措施实现的困难,也就是说想要取得预期的效果需解决这些问题。E很合意 A--刚开始我有点犹豫选这个。但是仔细琢磨文意的话发现作者只是想表明这一举措是ill-conceived的,没有因此将其reject B-看到cannot be attained,不用看第二眼 C-前边的粗体句不是conclusion,后半句也就谈不上dispute that conclusion D-后面的粗体句不是judgment