Questions 17-18
If the artificial is not better than the natural, to what end are all the arts of life? To dig, to plow, to build, to wear clothes—all are direct violations of the injunction to follow nature.
1-4-17. Which one of the following is an assumption made by the author of the passage?
(A) The arts of life have no useful end.
(B) The artificial is not better than the natural.
(C) Digging, plowing, building, and wearing clothes are better than nature.
(D) The injunction to follow nature should not be violated.(C)
(E) The arts of life are indirect means of following nature.
1-4-18. If the author’s argument were challenged on the grounds that the construction of buildings has adverse effects on the natural environment, which of the following replies might the author use to respond to the challenge logically?
(A) There are human activities, such as making music, that are environmentally harmless.
(B) Harming the environment is not an end, or purpose, of the arts of life.
(C) The construction could involve the use of natural, not artificial, materials.
(D) Constructing buildings is not an “art of life.”(E)
(E) Even if the natural environment is disturbed by the construction of buildings, it is improved for human use.
这两题我都做错了,请看我的思路哪里不对:
17. 第一句反问句,证明作者观点:artificial 比 natural 好; 后一句举例说明artificial的东东违法, 所以我选了D. 正确答案是C, 而题目问的是assumption, C看上去有infer之嫌. 请NN解释!
18. 正确选项E, natural environment已经disturbed了, 怎么能再improved呢?
再有, 此题粗体部分不理解, arts of life指什么? 非常感谢!
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