再次出现BF题！

Xiaotongdi

Q19:
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?

1. The first presents a goal that the argument rejects as ill-conceived; the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection.
   
2. The first presents a goal that the argument concludes cannot be attained; the second is a reason offered in support of that conclusion.
   
3. The first presents a goal that the argument concludes can be attained; the second is a judgment disputing that conclusion.
   
4. 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.
   
5. The first presents a goal that the argument endorses; the second presents a situation that the argument contends must be changed if that goal is to be met in the foreseeable future.
   为什么答案是D？B错在了哪里呢？
   第一个难道不是一个有问题的设想，然后第二个就是原因吗？
   

sorcerer

Q19:
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
illconceived: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?

The first presents a goal that the argument rejects as illconceived; the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection.
The first presents a goal that the argument concludes cannot be attained; the second is a reason offered in support of that conclusion.
The first presents a goal that the argument concludes can be attained; the second is a judgment disputing that conclusion.
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.
The first presents a goal that the argument endorses; the second presents a situation that the argument contends must be changed if that goal is to be met in the foreseeable future.
为什么答案是D？B错在了哪里呢？
第一个难道不是一个有问题的设想，然后第二个就是原因吗？

-- by 会员 Xiaotongdi (2011/4/8 22:55:09)

我觉得BF题主要考察两个能力，一个是抽象思维能力，透过事情抽象出实质，第二个是整体地联系和分析的能力
要抽象出结构，明确每句话的性质，是conclusion，还是evidence
整体联系就是要通过信号词，比如however，nevertheless，还有这题的on the other hand来明确关系，谁是main conclusion，谁是position
只有掌握了这两种能力，BF万变不离其中

选B只能说对这个argument在干什么理解得有偏差
这题标记个词LZ重点体会下吧

sdcar2010

For BF question, like other CR question, you need to know what is the conclusion.

Conclusion: a more sensible preservation strategy would be to assist the farmers to modernize their farms to the extent needed to maintain viability.

If you know this conclusion, you would not say that the goal of the environmental organization is "ill conceived." Pay attention to details: their first plan is ill-conceived, but not their goal. If they change their plan, their goal might be successfully reached.

For the second BF, it is a judgement "Someone will/will not do something." The author uses the 2nd BF to support his conclusion for a better strategy.

xqiu008

为什么答案是D？B错在了哪里呢？
第一个难道不是一个有问题的设想，然后第二个就是原因吗？

-- by 会员 Xiaotongdi (2011/4/8 22:55:09)

B says 'The first presents a goal thatthe argument concludes cannot be attained; the second is a reason offered insupport of that conclusion.'
The first sentence 'Environmentalorganizations want to preserve the land surrounding' says the goal is to preserve the land surrounding. The last sentence 'And that is exactly why a more sensiblepreservation strategy would be to assist the farmers to modernize their farmsto the extent needed to maintain viability.' suggests there is a more sensible preservation strategy (to achieve the goal of preserving the land surrounding), so the conclusion does not say the goal cannot be achieved.

云游

sdcar2010 发表于 2011-4-9 07:44
For BF question, like other CR question, you need to know what is the conclusion.Conclusion: a more  ...

Insightful reminder--conclusion overwhelms in most CR questions.Thanks.