Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to humans by deer ticks.(ticks带有bacterium导致人类得lyme) Generally deer ticks pick up the bacterium while in the larval stage from feeding on infected white-footed mice.(tick在幼虫时期以带有细菌的white-footed mice为食物而带有细菌-->就是说tick咬了或是吃了w-f品种的mice才带有细菌) However, certain other species on which the larvae feed do not harbor the bacterium. (其他品种的mice没有带有细菌)Therefore, if the population of these other species were increased, the number of ticks acquiring the bacterium and hence the number of people contracting Lyme disease would likely decline.(所以可以推理-->如果其他品种的mice增加,那tick得到细菌与人类得到lyme的可能性就会减少)
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Ticks do not suffer any adverse consequences from carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans.
There are no known cases of a human’s contracting Lyme disease through contact with white-footed mice.
A deer tick feeds only once while in the larval stage.
A single host animal can be the source of bacterium for many tick larvae.
None of the other species on which deer tick larvae feed harbor other bacteria that ticks transmit to humans