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1. Scientists have made genetic modifications to cotton to increase its resistance to insect pests. According to farmers’ report, the amount of insecticide needed per acre to control insect pests was only slightly lower for those who tried the modified seed than for those who did not. Therefore, since the modified seed costs more than ordinary seed without producing yields of higher market value, switching to the modified seed would be unlikely to benefit most cotton farmers economically.

Which of the following would it be most useful to know in order to evaluate the argument?

A.Whether farmers who tried the modified cotton seed had ever tried growing other crops from genetically modified seed.

B.Whether the insecticides typically used on ordinary cotton tend to be more expensive than insecticides typically used on other crops.

C.Whether for most farms who grow cotton it is their primary crop

D.Whether the farmers who have tried the modified seed planted as many acres of cotton, on average, as farmers using the ordinary seed did.

E.Whether most of the farmers who tried the modified seed did so because they had previously had to use exceptionally large quantities of insecticide.

为什么选B？

2 The traditional treatment of strep infections has been a seven-day course of antibiotics, either penicillin or erythromycin. However, since many patients stop taking those drugs within three days, reinfection is common in cases where these drugs are prescribed. A new antibiotic requires only a three-day course of treatment. Therefore, reinfection will probably be less common in cases where the new antibiotic is prescribed than in cases where either penicillin or erythromycin is prescribed.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

A.Some of people who are allergic to penicillin are likely to be allergic to the new antibiotic.

B.A course of treatment with the new antibiotic costs about the same as a course of treatment with either penicillin or erythromycin.

C.The new antibiotic has been shown to be effective in eradicating bacterial infections other than strep.

D.Some physicians have already begun to prescribe the new antibiotic instead of penicillin or erythromycin for the treatment of some strep infections

E.Regardless of whether they take a traditional antibiotic or the new one, most patients feel fully recovered after taking the drug for three days.

答案是E，我选的C， strep infections不就是 bacterial infection的一种么。。。

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第一个：主要在于从是否经济（economical）的角度考虑（问题最后一个词）。所以题干给出的是amount，是否经济就要考虑价格了。所以B是相关的。
第二个：这个题挺难的，重点在这里。老药是7天治疗，但多数人三天就停了，所以复发。新药三天治疗。新药能降低复发。 这里关键是，病人是否能使用新药达到三天，如果少于三天，新药也是无效的，所以照样复发。所以关键就是病人的服药习惯不变的前提下，才会降低复发率。