第12题我选C。 文章第一段第一句就说了"Over the last 150 years, large stretches of salmon habitat have bben eliminated by human activity ...However, habitat loss also has the potential to reduce genetic diversity. This is most evident in cases where it results in the extinction of entire salmon populations. 我觉得这就是主题句,强调两种因素,人为及自然的对照。 再看第三段第一句,Although no one has quantified changes in the rate of straying as a result of the disturbances caused by human, there is no reason to suspect that the effect would be qualitatively different than what was seen in the aftermath of the Mount Saint Helens eruption."。 简而言之,既然人为因素的影响没有量化,也就没有理由来怀疑自然因素造成的后果有质的区别。 C选项中的standard of comparison 就是“ ... qualitatively different than what was seen in the aftermath ...” than 之后的东西。 请指教! |