GWD-3-40 --答案C的语法结构和意思。

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--Q40:

Two centuries ago, Tufe Peninsula became separated form the mainland, isolating on the newly formed Tufe Island a population of Turfil sunflowers.  This population’s descendants grow to be, on average, 40 centimeters shorter than Turfil sunflowers found on the mainland.  Tufe Island is significantly drier than Tufe Peninsula was.  So the current average height of Tufe’s Turfil sunflowers is undoubtedly at least partially attributable to changes in Tufe’s environmental conditions.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

There are no types of vegetation on Tufe Island that are known to benefit from dry conditions.

There were about as many Turfil sunflowers on Tufe Peninsula two centuries ago as there are on Tufe Island today.

The mainland’s environment has not changed in ways that have resulted in Turfil sunflowers on the mainland growing to be 40 centimeters taller than they did two centuries ago.

The soil on Tufe Island, unlike that on the mainland, lacks important nutrients that help Turfil sunflowers survive and grow tall in a dry environment.

The 40-centimeter height difference between the Turfil sunflowers on Tufe Island and those on the mainland is the only difference between the two populations.

个人感觉C里面的 they did 指的是 sunflowers..growing to be.. 感觉这个结构比较怪异，OG里好像没有拿DID来替代分词的用法吧。还是我理解错了？

另外，谁能解释一下，具体的思路。做的时候凭感觉选的C,但一直没弄清楚。

Thanks

jnlvo

1.DID应该可指代分词，分词实际还是当个动词看，这里did好像没有更合适的指代，我觉得是grow。

2.文章描述了个现象，给了个解释：changes in Tufe’s environmental conditions

C中有个assumption题答案的一个明显的标志词not, 这样排除它因：changes in the mainland’s environment。